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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

by Eric Idle

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‘As funny, wicked, naughty, eye-popping and compulsively, joyously brilliant as the genius who wrote it’ Stephen Fry

We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python - from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life . Now, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this entertaining memoir that takes us on a remarkable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theatre and film.

Coming of age as a writer and comedian during the Sixties and Seventies, Eric stumbled into the crossroads of the cultural revolution and found himself rubbing shoulders with the likes of George Harrison, David Bowie and Robin Williams, all of whom became lifelong friends. With anecdotes sprinkled throughout involving Mike Nichols, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Paul Simon and many more, as well as the Pythons themselves, Eric captures a time of tremendous creative output with equal parts hilarity and heart.

In Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, named after the song he wrote for Life of Brian which has since become the number-one song played at funerals in the UK, he shares the highlights of his life and career with the kind of offbeat humour that has delighted his audiences for five decades. This is a memoir chock-full of behind-the-scenes stories from a high-flying life featuring everyone from Princess Leia to Queen Elizabeth.

Details

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography
by Eric Idle

ISBN
9781474610278

Publisher
Orion Publishing Co

Binding
Hardback

Publication date
Oct. 2, 2018

Dimensions
23.6cm x 16.0cm x 3.0cm

Page count
304 pages