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My Shit Life So Far

Frankie Boyle

Hardcover | Pages: 291 pages

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Original Title:	My Shit Life So Far
ISBN:	0007324499 (ISBN13: 9780007324491)
Edition Language:	English

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Frankie's outrageous, laugh-out loud, cynical rant on life as he knows it is presented here in all its outrageous glory. From growing up in Pollockshaws, Glasgow – "it was an aching cement void, a slap in the face to childhood, and for the family it was a step up" – to his rampant teenage sex drive – "in those days if you glimpsed a nipple on T.V. it was like porn Christmas" – and first job working in a mental hospital, nothing is out of bounds. Outspoken, cynical, and always outrageous, Frankie Boyle, the dark heart of Mock the Week, says the unsayable as only he can. From the TV programs he would like to see made (“Celebrities On Acid On Ice – "just like Celebrities Dancing On Ice, but with an opening sequence where Graham Norton hoses the celebrities down with liquid LSD"), to his native Scotland and the Mayor of London, nothing and no one is safe from Frankie's fearless, sharp-tongued assault. Sharply observed and full of taboo-busting, we-really-shouldn't-be-laughing-at-this humor, My Shit Life So Far shows why Frankie Boyle really is the blackest man in show business.

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Title	:	My Shit Life So Far
Author	:	Frankie Boyle
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 291 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Biography. Humor. Autobiography. Comedy

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Ratings: 3.4 From 3116 Users | 174 Reviews

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I'd consider myself a kind-of Frankie Boyle fan. I really like some of Frankie Boyle's jokes, but mostly on mock the week, his stand up isn't really my thing most of the time (mainly because it does not make me laugh...). I was curious about this "autobiography" but it's neither really funny nor informative, but rather pretty rambley. I don't mind the way he writes, I don't mind the cruel jokes, but if they're not funny they just make me think they there for shock factor only. The worst part of

A word of warning; do not attempt to read this book unless you have a very flexible sense of humour! I bought this book, being a massive fan of Boyle's, from seeing his live stand-up, and stints on Mock the Week. However, a page into his autobiography, and I was ready to put it down and walk away. The introduction seems to be a one-man mission to offend as many people as is possible in a few pages.I got through this though, and I must say, the rest is brilliant. Boyle is no writer, clearly, and

Not for the faint of heart. Frankie Boyle's pseudo-autobiography. I say pseudo, because you have to assume that a large part of it is embellished, altered or downright bullshit.Starting with his early life and working through to the time he kicked a drunk Santa off the stage in front of me at the Hammersmith Apollo (strangely he doesn't mention me being there in the book at all though).This book isn't as funny as that show, but if you like humour that offends you to your very core, this is a

A cool fun read about the life of one of Britain's most notorious comedians. It focused mostly on his youth, alcohol-fueled adventures and breaking into the Scottish comedy scene. It is a better read if you are familiar with Frankie and internally read in his voice at his expertly delivered comic pace. I was familiar with a few of the jokes he recycled from Mock the Week. I wish he'd have spoken more about Mock the Week and other panel shows. All he really said regarding this era were comic

... although I wish 4.85 were possible, as a percentage of this Scottish comedian's book is recycled scripts from old shows. But I laughed out loud at least 45 times in the 300 pages. And the shit he's allowed to say in 2010 (wishing certain celebrities and politicians dead - and worse). Boris Johnson had been recently elected mayor of London: "The Labour Party must really be in trouble if they can lose control of London to a fat albino with Down's syndrome. Earlier this year Madame Tussauds

Funny in parts, but hard to tell what's true and what's not (right a the start Frankie says he loves lying...). Frankie's comedy is strong albeit very cynical.

Theres very little structure or coherence to this torrent of anecdotes. Any editor would probably have cut it by 1/3rd, but I chuckled myself to sleep for a number of nights reading it. Cant wait to get to the later stuff.