Me: Moir is a lively, quick-paced and amusing jaunt through the first twenty years in the life of the Author. If you appreciate Vic Reeves' unique, surreal, off-the-wall brand of humour, there is much to enjoy in this book.
Vic Reeves' family life, friendships, succession of bizarre part-time jobs, music career and precarious early relationships with the opposite sex are all revisited with a mixture of fondness and bemusement. Even those anecdotes, which are relatively mundane and everyday are recounted with such wit and necessary comic embellishment that they rarely fail to entertain.
Reeves' increasing devotion to fashion and contemporary music, ranging from obscure, early seventies rock bands through to his punk 'conversion' in 1977 form the backcloth to the second half of the book. It is quite possible that anyone who doesn't share the author's penchant for such noble pursuits may find this section of the book a tad esoteric and of less interest.
In addition, the book's subject period does not cover his first meeting with comic partner Bob Mortimer nor, indeed his decision to pursue a career as the 'North's top light entertainer'. Such matters have, no doubt, been held back for some future tome.
Nevertheless, 'Me: Moir' is a very human book, a delight to read and provides an insight into the origins and formation of a unique comic talent.
