search for books and compare prices
Price
Store
Arrives
Preparing
Shipping
Jump quickly to results on these stores:
The price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used; other conditions may also be available.
Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Transworld Pub
Publication date
October 1, 2009
Pages
463
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553819489
ISBN-10
0553819488
Dimensions
1.25 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
Original list price
$18.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Paul O'Grady's Country Life | The Devil Rides Out | Open the Cage, Murphy! | Still Standing
Paul O'Grady's Country Life | The Devil Rides Out | Open the Cage, Murphy! | Still Standing
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In his own uniquely acid tongue, Paul O'Grady traces the hilarious tales of life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that took him from a virtuous altar-boy ("my first drag") to Britain's best loved entertainer. It's a life that includes, varyingly, stints in an abbatoir, as a social worker, in a high-class Mayfair brothel, and traipsing down to London to chase his dreams. By 23, Paul O'Grady had been a father, husband, drag queen, gay lover, divorcee, and degenerate. He did it all with a smile on his face, making a mental note to register the whip-smart one-liners that would later inform his star-studded path from the fringes of comedy to the heart of the British establishment, first as his own brilliant comic creation Lily Savage, then, triumphantly, as himself. Paul's remarkable childhood and early life is littered with a dizzying cast-list of rogues, rascals, lovers, fighters, saints, and sinners. Oh, and one iconic bus conductress. Told with pathos, love, empathy, and naturally, biting humor, the story of Paul O'Grady is that of everyman, everywoman, and inevitably, every drag act ever. He has been rich and poor, posh and common, straight and gay. He has mixed with stars and whores and all that's in between, slyly spotting the similarity between them all. His amazing and riveting life story reminds us that there is, when all is said and done, a bit of savage in all of us.
Editions
Hardcover
from Transworld Pub (October 1, 2008)
9780593059258 | details & prices | 344 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $37.95
About: The hilarious autobiography of one of Britain's best loved entertainers.
About: The hilarious autobiography of one of Britain's best loved entertainers.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Transworld Pub (October 1, 2009)
9780553819489 | details & prices | 463 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $18.95
About: In his own uniquely acid tongue, Paul O'Grady traces the hilarious tales of life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that took him from a virtuous altar-boy ("my first drag") to Britain's best loved entertainer.
About: In his own uniquely acid tongue, Paul O'Grady traces the hilarious tales of life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that took him from a virtuous altar-boy ("my first drag") to Britain's best loved entertainer.
Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.