- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson (12 April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0283063696
- ISBN-13: 978-0283063695
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 14.6 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 292,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Riveting and unexpectedly sympathetic' Craig Brown, Mail On Sunday; 'A revelation... entertaining and exhaustively researched' Kathryn Flett. Observer
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The definitive biography of the international TV comedy icon.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a fascinating, first-rate biography of one of the twentieth century's most beloved comedy figures; a man who is now largely overlooked in his home country despite having been its most successful comic export outside of Charlie Chaplin. Benny Hill was a complex man who led a simple (if somewhat peculiar) life, and this book provides tremendous insight into not only his personal foibles and professional endeavors, but also the motivations and reasons for his intriguing private behavior and public rise and fall. Drawing on extensive research and fresh interviews with many of the key figures in Benny's life, Mark Lewisohn's writing combines warmth, empathy and humor with analysis, objectivity and attention to detail -- the comic inventiveness and outright stealing of other artists' ideas; the abnormally excessive frugality; the sexual indulgences and hopelessly failed relationships... whether you want to know about the man's career, his love life or the fact that he just loved a quick game of Kalooki, it's all here. Buy this book!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Every book I have read by Mark Lewisohn is well written and researched and this one is no exception.
He writes with affection about the life and career of Benny Hill and does not reduce the book to tabloid levels of scandal and scurrillous gossip but portrays a vivid and well researched picture of Benny's life. A life that strived for comedy perfection.
He writes with affection about the life and career of Benny Hill and does not reduce the book to tabloid levels of scandal and scurrillous gossip but portrays a vivid and well researched picture of Benny's life. A life that strived for comedy perfection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm not a big fan of Benny Hill but he's always interested me as a character and this biography doesn't disappoint. It's a sympathetic and hugely readable account that I stayed up late to finish. Highly recommended.
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