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Listening Length: 7 hours and 3 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Abridged
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Audible Release Date: 13 Oct 2009
Language: English
ASIN: B002TSMS5G

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (114 customer reviews)

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'This book will be a story like no other because this will not be a story about a life rather a story about a search for a life.'
Chris Evans

The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived - just about - to tell the tale....

Chris Evans' extraordinary career has seen him become one of the country's most successful broadcasters and producers and a well-known face in his own right. From his early years on Manchester's Piccadilly radio to Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, The Big Breakfast, and TFI Friday for Channel 4, Chris changed the TV landscape during the '90s. And on BBC Radio 1's Breakfast show and as owner of Virgin Radio, he ushered in the age of the celebrity DJ. His relentless pursuit of success and subversive style were his trademarks.

But then the 'Chris Evans show' and Chris Evans' life became frighteningly interchangeable. The more outlandish the antics, whether on or off screen or air, the better. The celebrity girlfriends and the nights out drinking. Rolling into work late with 7m listeners waiting. For someone who took such pride in his work, what had happened? The country loved him, but what did Chris love? He'd achieved more than any kid who'd left school at 16 with a couple of O'Levels could have dreamed of. So why wasn't he happy?

Chris Evans' autobiography will be an honest and revealing story of how a boy from a Warrington council estate who started work at 13 and held down 20 different jobs by the time he left school became the most widely acclaimed broadcaster of his generation.

From the early death of his father that literally set him to work, to his brief and much publicised marriage to Billie Piper, he will talk frankly about the highs and lows of his, at times, turbulent career and how his drive to succeed impacted his personal life. This will be a fascinating and surprising life story from one of Britain's brightest and boldest pe...

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful

Book is great but NO PHOTOS ON KINDLE VERSION 6 Oct 2010

By shawshanksteve

Format:Kindle Edition

I consider photos to be an essential part of a biography (or autobiography in this case). I was disappointed to find that they were not present in the Kindle version. I have obtained a refund from Amazon and have orderd the traditional book instead.

5 stars for the book, 5 for Amazon's customer services but 0 stars for Harper Collins who somehow think it's OK to issue a sub-standard product.

I came across a section where Chris was talking about his brother and he wrote something along the lines of "And here is a picture of him" and there was no picture. What??? Cheated. May seem petty to some but having recently purchased a Kindle (not cheap) I did not expect to find such shoddy work when the Kindle is perfectly able to display the photos.

Sort yourself out Harper Collins...

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

Honest & Compelling 23 Sep 2010

By Steve Horsfall - Author / Writer TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Paperback

This is a very compelling read as Chris Evans gives a very honest insight into the story behind his rise to fame. Some great childhood anecdotes (I could empathise with the schooldays, being of a similar age) and it was very interesting to hear how Chris was fascinated by the allure of the radio and set about learning his craft (with an unexpected early mentor). In the end power did go to his head and frivolous ideas, such as not turning up for work at Radio 1 after a Xmas party, really did backfire. It is a rise and fall tale but Chris is now back up there and I look forward to the next instalment.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

This is an excellent business and self-development book 31 Dec 2009

By Hodderz

Format:Hardcover

I have long suspected that Chris Evans is a sharper cookie than his public carefree personna appears to be. Detailed accounts of how he personally negotiated one-on-one with Richard Branson confirm this. There is no suspicion of a ghost writer; this has clearly been written by Chris himself.
Some of the Top 10 summaries that introduce each chapter are rather trivial, but many are very revealing and a few represent as good business advice as you'll read anywhere else.
All this is in addition to a refreshing, engaging, clear writing style, amusing and touching throughout.
I bought this hardback half price but it's well worth the full RRP - this one will stay on my bookshelf until I next re-read it.
Only thing I can't quite get is how he pulled so many attractive women!!? charm and money I guess, probably the former rather than the latter.
The title sums up the book beautifully.

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Surprising

Always a superb broadcaster but also a superb, big-headed idiot, or so I thought!
Excellent book that is laugh-out-load funny and surprisingly moving and self deprecating. Read more

Published 2 days ago by PEZZA

Great read!

This was such a good book - didn't realise how hard Chris had worked to get where he is today. His sense of humour shone through the whole book - great read!!

Published 7 days ago by buddy51

AUDIO CD Review: Even better than the book

To be a good writer and a good narrator is an exceedingly rare gift. Even the great Stephen King is outclassed by some of the narrators he employs and, on the other hand, narrators... Read more

Published 14 days ago by Magic Lemur

Enjoyable

Had read Chris Evans 2nd book first as had been brought as a present . This was just as enjoyable

Published 18 days ago by Beckie

not so much a fruitcake more a sharp cookie

An interesting,informative and funny insight into the life of a self confessed fruitcake. A great read!It's Not What You Think

Published 22 days ago by chrisjfiesta

Great read

I'm not a big fan of autobiographies by 'loud' celebrities but I wanted to know what the motivation behind Chris Evans was and if everything I had read about him was true. Read more

Published 23 days ago by jolynne

Effervescent and entertaining

Having read the other reviews and having now read the book I can see why people found it surprising good. Read more

Published 24 days ago by AE apprentice

Thoroughly enjoyable read

From start to finish, I really enjoyed this book. I was a fan of Chris Evans growing up, from his days on Big Breakfast onward, and for that reason I was looking forward to... Read more

Published 28 days ago by DieDieMyDarling

I never thought I'd say this, but...

I used to enjoy "Toothbrush" and some of Chris' other TV work, but he always seemed to me to be essentially a publicity-seeker, determined to be an enfant terrible and to draw... Read more

Published 29 days ago by Forger Girl

Evans Above?

About Half way through this book on Kindle after reading Chris's 1st book which i enjoyed. i'm thinking if he had listened to his advisors, he may have been the next Branson!!!!!

Published 1 month ago by Mr. S. R. Gudge


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