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My Booky Wook (Hardcover)

by Russell Brand (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; illustrated edition edition (15 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340936150
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340936153
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
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‘The most talented stand-up comedian to emerge in Britain this decade, Brand combines Eddie Izzard’s rare ability to carry a whole crowd along on an audacious flight of comic fancy with the carnal magnetism of the young George Best. Audiences leave a Brand performance not just entertained but actively debauched by his catalogue of erotic misadventure.’

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'My life is a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents.'Russell Brand's scandalous reminiscences were always going to have a literary flavour. But nothing you've heard him say on stage, radio or TV can prepare you for the impact of this beautifully written memoir. From his troubled childhood in Essex and his addictions to drink, drugs and sex, to his giddy rise through the world of entertainment, this is not simply a story of fame but of redemption, achingly and hilariously honest throughout.

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34 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite reads of last year., 2 Jan 2008
Russell Brand has lived a life, there can be no doubting that. He has been brave enough to publish some of the most personal of experiences which in itself I believe deserves recognition. I don't think I could ever bare my soul in the way Russell has, let alone make it half as entertaining as he has here. I read this through, cover to cover in one read. Some parts had me in tears and some in hysterics. He has a fascinating way with words and a style which is rarely seen in mainstream writing today.
I suppose as a big fan of Russell's, I am bound by some unwritten law...(it's probably written somewhere) to be full of praise for his autobiography and though I'll admit that is the case I feel it is most deserved. The only minor criticism is that the ending feels slightly neglected and lacks the passion entwined within the other 330 pages. Having said that, the last paragraph is superb and almost perfectly encapsulates Russell's rather stormy rise to fame, so superb in fact that it sent a shiver down my spine (in a good way).
I can't say how non-fans (what a rather horribly obscure term) will react to the book. However judging by some of the harsh comments on here (which I don't quite understand, it seems some reviewers decided to use the review section to post their views on the man himself, other than his writing) I get the feeling that some people didn't actually understand (for lack of a better word) the man. Perhaps the interview with Dawn French would be a better place to start.
I've reviewed this as an autobiography and I think it does a brilliant job at being exactly that: an autobiography.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Endearingly honest read, 30 Jan 2009
By Ms. A. Brooke "Anne Brooke" (Godalming, Surrey) - See all my reviews
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First off, I have to admit Brand is not a man I greatly warm to, particularly after recent disasters, but there are moments in this book where I laughed out loud and it is written with a rather endearing honesty. There's something essentially Byronic about the man, in my opinion. And in some ways the book has made me like him better. But the astonishing thing - and the reason you must consider it as one for your reading list - is that it absolutely has the best last two pages I have ever read in any biography. Or any work of non-fiction indeed. And the utter best last line. It's stunning and it left me (a) in tears and (b) hugely impressed. If Brand can write like that with such piercing clarity and depth, then more please and soon.
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23 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Humility to follow?, 26 Dec 2007
By Mr. Steve Jansen (UK) - See all my reviews
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I thought Booky Wook started promisingly enough, and I was prepared to reassess him. But by mid-point I began to tire of Brand's self-indulgence; and by the end, I was well and truly sick of the guy's self-importance and indulged skew on life. So much so, that the scales of his celebrity removed themselves, leaving the adolescent rantings of a prose-stuffed student, who mistakes chemical stimulation and anti-social selfish behaviour for truth, enlightenment and (sigh...) rebellion.

Whilst the man is indeed in possession of talent, should be rewarded for writing his own autobiography in these ghost-written times; and is sharply amusing in much of his self-deprecation, there's still enough of his post-addiction self-obsession on tap to ensure he keeps trying for the cake whilst also scoffing huge chunks. I so much wanted him to drop the act and get humble, and that desire kept me reading; but it never comes, and the Brand of rock and roll humour eventually wanes.

Unless you didn't know (or had failed to grasp the appeal of his USP) Brand almost killed himself becoming addicted to drugs'n'booze'n'sex whilst looking for proof that he was a golden (intellectual) child who'd criminally remained misunderstood by the rest of the world; and he alienated just about everyone as he behaved so horrendously with friends, relatives, work colleagues and as many women and prostitutes he could lay his dirty sticky fingers on.

However, now that he's clean, the only difference seems to be that he's swapped the safety harness of self-induced numbness - the one that stopped him from seeing the errors of his own ways - for the protection of celebrity and riches, and the bulletproof delusion he clings to concerning the myth of the troubled artist.

Brand's hero, Morrissey, might have elevated the aesthetics and deprivation of poverty into the eyeline of so many of us 70s children - but at the end of the day, Mozza lives in a mansion in LA. Brand on the other hand continues to slag off the shallow, hollow rattle of our popular culture, yet makes shed loads of cash off trash like Big Brother; yearns for spiritual salvation for us all, yet earns his money swearing and running off his potty mouth on telly, like it's cool and edgy.

Brand's inner life is a real shame... in so many ways.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
My Booky Wook is a fantastic read and a truly honest account of the disfunctional and problematic young life of Russell Brand. Read more
Published 11 days ago by C. J. Murphy

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but uncomfortable in parts
I enjoyed this as I love reading autobiographies anyway. However, by the end of it, I really didn't feel like I "knew" him any better really or what really makes him tick. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lulu

4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!
Like many others, I only found out about Russell Brand and his unique brand of comedy through television, on programs such as 'RE:Brand' and 'Big Brother's Big Mouth' or whatever... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Michael Macdonald

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad
This is a fairly good read but it reads how Russell talks and this can be annoying.
Published 1 month ago by K. Hughes

5.0 out of 5 stars My Booky Wook
I have read many celebrity autobiographys and finally a story of a in which the authour is capable of writing coherant prose without the aid of an agent! Read more
Published 1 month ago by B. Powley

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant.
Well, it arrived on time. The product itselfwas very funny and just an overall great order.
Published 2 months ago by elysia doyle

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I loved that it was written exactly as he speaks so you could actually hear him saying it in your head, if you like Russell you will love this
Published 2 months ago by c00per

5.0 out of 5 stars Raving lunacy...but in a good way!!
My first impressions of Russell Brand were that he is just like any other fame hungry novice who is easily led and will easily be forgotten when he vanishes off "Planet Fame"... Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. M. Delbridge

5.0 out of 5 stars great read
excellent read. brand is frank and honest, two things always appreciated in an autobiography. he infuses his humor to keep the book moving at a breakneck pace -- i didn't want to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Erick Elhard

4.0 out of 5 stars Great to find out what makes him tick
I enjoyed the chatty way in which this book was written, almost as though it was Russell Brand talking out loud. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Janie U

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