Stewart Lee is probably my favourite comedian at the moment. He thinks about what he does. He is intelligent and he doesn't treat his audience as milestone delayed children.
'How I escaped my certain fate' is his second book. It's probably about his approach to the art of comedy. He describes the development of 3 of his comedy routines that are available on DVD. He also writes about his life as he developed these routines to help put his work in context. This is not a celebratory autobiography of the type shat out regularly by Russell Brand et al. I can imagine people being interested in this book in 20 years. Smart people, not wanks.
Worth a read.
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