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Windswept & Interesting

My Autobiography

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Windswept & Interesting

De : Billy Connolly
Lu par : Billy Connolly
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 WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR: NON-FICTION

The funny, frank and full autobiography of the nation's favourite comedian.

'It's the first time I've done this. Other people have written about me - or for me - but this time it's just my own life in my own words'

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life.

Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds.

Billy found his escape first as an apprentice welder in the shipyards of the River Clyde. Later he became a folk musician - a 'rambling man' - with a genuine talent for playing the banjo. But it was his ability to spin stories, tell jokes and hold an audience in the palm of his hand that truly set him apart.

As a young comedian Billy broke all the rules. He was fearless and outspoken - willing to call out hypocrisy wherever he saw it. But his stand-up was full of warmth, humility and silliness too. His startling, hairy 'glam-rock' stage appearance - wearing leotards, scissor suits and banana boots - only added to his appeal.

It was an appearance on Michael Parkinson's chat show in 1975 - and one outrageous story in particular - that catapulted Billy from cult hero to national star. TV shows, documentaries, international fame and award-winning Hollywood movies followed. Billy's pitch-perfect stand-up comedy kept coming too - for over 50 years, in fact - until a double diagnosis of cancer and Parkinson's Disease brought his remarkable live performances to an end. Since then he has continued making TV shows, creating extraordinary drawings... and writing.

Windswept and Interesting is Billy's story in his own words. It is joyfully funny - stuffed full of hard-earned wisdom as well as countless digressions on fishing, farting and the joys of dancing naked. It is an unforgettable, life-affirming story of a true comedy legend.

'I didn't know I was Windswept and Interesting until somebody told me. It was a friend who was startlingly exotic himself. He'd just come back from Kashmir and was all billowy shirt and Indian beads. I had long hair and a beard and was swishing around in electric blue flairs.
He said: "Look at you - all windswept and interesting!"
I just said: "Exactly!"
After that, I simply had to maintain my reputation...'

(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 Billy Connolly Unterhaltung & Stars

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Billy Connolly's long and vivid life makes for a joyous memoir
There are a lot of laughs and love in the book, but a great grimness to it as well.
This is everything a celebrity autobiography should be and more.
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Been recommending this to everyone I can think of with a sense of humour. Essential. And so glad I got the audiobook... Wouldn't be the same if it wasn't in his own voice. What a fascinating, loveable, endlessly entertaining guy

Essential

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To hear Billy tell his tales in his own voice is truly wonderful. Great stories and unique insights from the man who cannot be compared to anyone else. Rambling, yes ; all over the place , yes - but all the better for it! Highly recommended

In his own, inimitable words

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There is, was and never will be another Billy. He’s unique. I particularly like books narrated by the author and this was one of the stand out books I’ve listened to this year. I’ll definitely re-listen.

He’s unique

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I got to know Billies work through crappy YouTube clips only a couple of years ago. I fell in love with his humor and his jumping thoughts and I was always desperate for more.

And in this book Billy not only talks about his life but I feel like he put all his little stories that we know from stage in it, too. I love it.

Billy reads the book himself and he doesn't perform it. But there are a couple of moments in it where we get to hear him laughing from his heart and that moments were my favourites.

A gift to every Billy fan-person

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