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Flight from Deathrow [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Harry Hill (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks; illustrated edition edition (31 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751533297
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751533293
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 234,313 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Britain's funniest man' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Hill's delightful brand of stand-up comedy is a great success, both live and on television. In translating it to his debut novel, he has retained the core elements: surreal non sequiturs that traverse the outer reaches of unconnectedness, running gags, and shaggy-dog stories that each produce a litter of shaggy puppies... So marvel once more at the bizarre fecundity of Hill's imagination...' OBSERVER 'I came away convinced that Hill is an authentic comic original. And that he ought to be certified.' MAIL ON SUNDAY


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What happens when you are sharing a flat with Prince Edward and twenty pygmies? When an artificial-foot freedom fighter throws a British-made foot at the Chairman of the Communist Party of China and is then bundled off to a Mobile Prison made by the Ford Motor Company? Just what is Jonathan Aitken's Divas of Rock Show? Will Dong Xiao Ping make it to Tower Records to buy the latest Status Quo album? What of The Lady Di Chinese Restaurant in Walthamstow which specialises in radishes carved in the shape of British Prime Ministers? Will Andrew Lloyd Webber complete his new musical 'Dog Breeder'? Will Willie Whitelaw marry his parrot? Will our hero make that engagement at the Gonk factory in Leeds? As a stand-up comedian, Harry Hill is the equal of Eddie Izzard, Rich Hall and Frank Skinner. Performing bareback for the first time, the self-styled debonaire dachshund now makes his fiction debut.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars does harry hill usually make you laugh?, 6 Jan 2003
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if so, then you have to buy this book. does it make sense, like novels are supposed to? who cares? it's extremely funny and silly and if you're looking for the meaning of it all then you'll be searching a long time.

my friend felt sick with giddiness and giggles just reading the chapter titles. as you can imagine, he's finding it a bit of a struggle to actually get through the book. i recommend taking one chapter at a time (or three, if they're very short ones) whilst sitting down.

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5.0 out of 5 stars could it be funnier? i think not., 9 Dec 2004
whether a fan of harry hill's stand-up or not (and i know a lot of people are not) this book is definitely worth a read. he places a mix of strange b-list celebrities and completely ficticious characters in the most bizarre situations, always taking each joke so much further than you thought he could.

this was clearly created from the mind of a genius - i laughed so hard when i was reading it that i thought i was going to die. almost every paragraph had me wanting to turn round to people next to me and say "just read this bit, its brilliant" - i wanted to share it with everyone and have them laugh as much as i did. not only did i laugh as i was reading it but sections and ideas from it kept coming back to me throughout the next few days which would set me off spontaneously guffawing.

word of warning though: don't read it in public places. people will stare and think you are a crazy person when they see you giggling to yourself.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Simultaneously stupidest and funniest book for ages, 30 Jul 2003
By Nigel Collier (Newcastle upon Tyne) - See all my reviews
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I'm no fan of Harry Hill on TV but heard him interviewed on radio and just suspected that I may like his book so I took a chance. Flight from Deathrow is extremely good, but curiously for all the same reasons that make his TV show rubbish. If you think he's just TOO silly and surreal on TV (like me) then I think you'll still find this book funny, if you're a fan of the TV show you LOVE it.Basically it's is a series of ludricous and surreal sutuations and sketches strung together with an underlying plot which itself obviously developed as Harry Hill went along. He's making it up all the time, contriving plots and a central story by juxtaposing the most unlikely characters and situations and then just seeing where it takes him. In doing this he carries running gags and sketches to the most outrageous ultimate conclusions and it's all just so, so stupid and at the same time funny enough to make you actually laugh out loud whilst reading.Before books are published, publishers get their legal advisers to give them the once over to check they are not libelous etc. the legal team for this book apparently said that their report would be thicker than the actual book itself. The central characters of the book are either the most eclectic and unlikely mix of real life political figures and B-List celebrities or fictitious people (and animals) with the most exotic and unlikely names.The main story (not that it matters) is about Deng Xioping coming to the UK to track down the 12 inch of Status Quo's 'In the Army now'. It also follows the struggle of a fictitious minor celebrity trying to make the opening ceremony of a gonk factory. On the way we meet too many characters to list or remember but a highlight for me was disgraced MP Jonathan Aitken in an escape bid from the mobile Ford Open Prison and putting on a Divas of Rock show with tattoos of Tina Turner and Sam Fox on his shins.To help the reader keep abreast of the utter mayhem and tangents of the book, Hill provides a handy 'mind map' of all the characters and their relationships at the end. But it really doesn't matter, this book is intended to be read in short bursts and there is no benefit in nor expectation that you will understand what's going on. Just enjoy it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Flight from Deathrow
Don't get me wrong, Harry Hill is one of the greatest comediens of our time, but this book is proboably the worst of his materiel. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jane Godfrey

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably funny
If Harry Hill makes you laugh then this book is for you. If he doesn't, it's not. He makes me keel over with laughter and this book is no different. Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. Stewart

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book
I came across this book while on a camping holiday in France, they had a small library at the campsite and if you wanted to take a book to keep you had to replace it with a book... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Alex Matthews

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious
This is the funniest book i have read in years and it made me laugh just as much when i read it again - a year later! Read more
Published 20 months ago by Barnes

4.0 out of 5 stars FUNNY
Bought this on a bit of a whim. Actually he's a lot funnier in print I think, and I read this in a day. Deathrow is really quirky, often weird but it really appealed. Read more
Published on 2 May 2005 by S. Stevens

1.0 out of 5 stars Great comedian, awful novelist
The lazy, self-indulgence of this largely unfunny book really surprised and disappointed me, particularly as I'm a fan of Harry Hill's stand-up comedy. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2005 by breadmonster

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I expected...
I bought this book because I thought it came with a free block of cheese. Now, of course, I realize I was mistaken. Other than that, I found Mr. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars dissapointing
Rubbish, gimmicky comedian; rubbish, gimmicky book. Too many 'weird' moments to account for a complete lack of originality or, indeed, plot. Send it to be pulped.
Published on 14 Oct 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Hill's work expands
For any reader over 35 this work will put in context the social and political mayhem of the Thatcher years and beyond. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars A comic tour de force
In his first novel, Flight from Deathrow, Harry Hill spins a comic yarn that recalls and rivals the surreal novels of Raymond Queneau. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2003 by Richard Gray

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