Moab Is My Washpot

"Die Geschichte eines sensiblen jungen Bürschleins, das unter allerlei Schwierigkeiten in der Unwirtlichkeit einer englischen Public-School aufwächst, ist ein abgegrastes Thema - könnte man meinen. Hingegen: Dies ist eines der ergreifendsten, lustigsten, intelligentesten und ehrlichsten Bücher, das einen fürchterlich verführen kann..." (Sunday Telegraph.)

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster , and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder . He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls , Making History , The Hippopotamus and The Liar - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot , The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me . Mythos and Heroes , his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers. Klappentext Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead in 1957 and! following a troubled adolescence! went on to study English Literature at Queen's College! Cambridge. As well as being the bestselling author of four novels! The Stars' Tennis Balls ! Making History ! The Hippopotamus ! and The Liar ! and two volumes of his autobiography! Fry played Peter in Peter's Friends ! Wilde in the film Wilde ! Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarded show-business secret! this) Laurie in the television series Fry & Laurie . More recently! he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive ! his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder! to huge critical acclaim. And his legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week. Zusammenfassung A memoir that tells how, sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven, the author survived beatings, misery, love, ecstasy, carnal violation, expulsion, imprisonment, criminal conviction, probation and catastrophe to emerge, at eighteen, ready to try and face the world in which he had always felt a stranger....

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Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence, went on to study English Literature at Queen's College, Cambridge. As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in Peter's Friends, Wilde in the film Wilde, Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the television series Fry & Laurie. More recently, he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. And his legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week.

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A memoir that tells how, sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven, the author survived beatings, misery, love, ecstasy, carnal violation, expulsion, imprisonment, criminal conviction, probation and catastrophe to emerge, at eighteen, ready to try and face the world in which he had always felt a stranger.