My Booky Wook

Russell Brand's gabby and mucky addiction memoir, My Booky Wook, performs the outrageous cheat on its readers of suddenly announcing on the last page that he's saving any description of his years of fame and the other celebrities he has met for the follow-up.

On the other hand, it does offer Brand's timely description of the way he thinks yuletide festivities should be - just like when your gerbil unexpectedly has a litter of babies. "I treasure the memory of these tiny, pink, squirming chipolatas. It was miraculous - like how Christmas should feel." So now we know.

Synopsis from Foyles.co.uk

'My life is a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents.'Russell Brand's scandalous reminiscences were always going to have a literary flavour. But nothing you've heard him say on stage, radio or TV can prepare you for the impact of this beautifully written memoir. From his troubled childhood in Essex and his addictions to drink, drugs and sex, to his giddy rise through the world of entertainment, this is not simply a story of fame but of redemption, achingly and hilariously honest throughout.