- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd; First Edition, First Impression edition (1 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843172402
- ISBN-13: 978-1843172406
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 549,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Piers Morgan
'This book is like its subject - hot, raunchy, revelatory and
irresistible.'
irresistible.'
The Daily Star, 6 Feb 07
"an explosive book"
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With his hair piled high into an impressive quiff, the clean-cut boy grinned broadly from the pages of the local newspaper. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
With his hair piled high into an impressive quiff, the clean-cut boy grinned broadly from the pages of the local newspaper. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
oooh what a happy evening I spent devouring Russell's shenanigans! I really enjoyed this book. It made such a change from having to read the usual tabloid rubbish about him. This book is definately in a league above the usual 'cut and paste' celebrity biographies. Thre was loads of stuff that I didn't know about him and interviews with people who obviously know him well. As a Russell fan I felt like the author didn't shy away from Russell's more unsavoury doings but offered insight into how and why. Tanith Carey seems to have enjoyed writing this book and it shows, some of her tongue in cheek and wry comments made me laugh out loud...not as funny as Russell, obviously.. love the qoute 'my life is a series of embarrassing incidents, strung together by me talking about them.'
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have been intrigued by Russell for a while - and this book takes a really good look at the what made him the person he is today. Most unauthorised celebrity biogs are just a patchwork of old interviews. This book though has interviews with loads of people from his past, including his old school mates, teachers and old workmates so it's not just the version you hear from Russell. I laughed out loud at some of the stuff he used to get up - like walking round the streets shouting 'I am telly!' I also never realised he was a really good actor. I also almost cried when I read about his childhood and came away feeling I understood him. It was also really readable. I started it on the bus on the way to work and finished it that night! The pictures of Russell looking really differnet when he was a teenager and also early on really made me laugh too. If you are fan of Russell, you have to read this book!!!!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Although Russell has now written his own book - this is still a really interesting book for the shelf of any true Brand fan. Russell's was frank but this book also speaks to all the people around him at the time and gives a much more rounded view of what Russell was like at his worst as well as at his best and shows how lucky he was to still have a career. No autobiog is really objective which is why this fills out the whole picture. I have read the Carey book three times now - and reading it together with Russell's make me feel like I finally know the man.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Tanith Carey's book
Nice one Tanith. I've just read Booky Wook, and hope yours is more up to date. Just a passing interest in Russell really cos he's made our lives much more difficult at the beeb... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by JMW Morris
More balanced and less self-obsessed account
I have read both of these books now and although Russell has a unique style of his own, I couldn't help feeling that the first biography by Tanith Carey probably told a more... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by Anna J Woods
Read 'My Booky Wook' rather than this.
The majority of this book is entirely the same as Russell Brand's autobiography but not as well written. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2008 by Mistressbadgirl
A book to give you hope xxxx excellent
I read this book a few weeks ago, when it came out first.
Russell Brand is what I would call a real star with Talent and a heart. Read more
Russell Brand is what I would call a real star with Talent and a heart. Read more
Published on 6 July 2007 by Mary Egan
Do you want to know the real Russell?-Read this book
As you start reading the book you notice it's not the usual autobiography,it's something different.The book is actually written by someone else. Read more
Published on 16 May 2007 by Ms. Eugenia Gyuru
Really thorough and interesting
I was really pleased I bought this book. The author really did her research and wasn't just content to lift the stuff out of the tabloids. Read more
Published on 28 April 2007 by Katie White
rubbish
This is not a very good book. Wait for the official one that comes out - at least you can trust all the facts in that one. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2007 by James T
Brand falls victim of Book Police
To be honest, when I saw this book I had to do a double take. Since he shambled unspectacularly onto our screens about a year ago, Brand has proved himself little more than a... Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2007 by Mr. D. J. Read
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