- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Boxtree Ltd; 1st edition (31 Oct 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 075220775X
- ISBN-13: 978-0752207759
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 802,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this spoof of the showbiz autobiography genre, Paul Merton writes of an East End childhood, the last days of the music halls, Pinewood, success in the Sixties, hard times, depression, wives, and a rise to the heady heights of success.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Paul Merton's style of comedy is well-known to his fans, and his TV show featured a biographical segment some weeks. It is this style of mock documentary which he presents so effectively in My Struggle. He weaves in a sub-plot about his parents' mysterious theatrical agent, and builds to an amusing conclusion. The final scene, although not explicitly stated, can be seen how it will end, and it brings a wry smile.
Merton illustrates his life story with photos, theatrical reviews, and the odd newspaper cuttings, which build up to tell a story about the newspaper industry in themselves.
His life begins somewhat earlier than his current age suggests, so you know right from the start that this isn't a real life story, but a work of fiction.
Sometimes, the humour is laugh-out-loud funny, and at other times you feel that you need to work at it, but I read the whole thing in just three sittings (it would have been two but for other committments...) and enjoyed it as much as if it had been a TV monologue from his show. I am not surprised to see that it has been made available as an audiobook - it is an ideal candidate, given his style of delivery.
In short, if you like Paul Merton's monologues, this is an excellent book. But if you thought you were going to learn even one true fact about his real life, forget it - it's a joke on the genre of the celebrity autobiography!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have great respect for the comedy of Paul Merton, but this book is from early in his career. It lacks his excellent timing and delivery, and isn't recommended. Maybe an audio version would work, but his absurd comedy doesn't come across so well flat on the page
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