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But when he arrived at Cambridge he was a convicted thief, an addict, and a failed suicide, convinced that he would be expelled. Instead, university life offered him love and the chance to entertain. He befriended bright young things like Hugh Laurie, now the star of House, and Emma Thompson. This is the hilarious and utterly compelling story of how the Stephen the world knows (or thinks it knows) took his first steps in the worlds of theater, radio, television, and film. Tales of scandal and champagne jostle with insights into hard-earned stardom. The Fry Chronicles is not afraid to confront the chasm that separates public image from private feeling, and it is marvelously rich in trademark wit and verbal brilliance.

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"Charming ... His compilation of crotchets can be both compelling and cockamamie."--"The Wall Street Journal"

"Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book."--"The Times" (London)

"You'd have to be not just very smart but witty, humorous and inventive to have had the career he has, but still more to encapsulate so much of it, playfully yet seriously, in this book."

"Funny, poignant... His prose feels like an ideal form of conversation." -- -"The Washington Post"
"Charming ... His compilation of crotchets can be both compelling and cockamamie." -- "The Wall Street Journal"
"Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book." -- -"The Times" (London)
"You'd have to be not just very smart but witty, humorous and inventive to have had the career he has, but still more to encapsulate so much of it, playfully yet seriously, in this book."

"Funny, poignant His prose feels like an ideal form of conversation." "The Washington Post"
"Charming His compilation of crotchets can be both compelling and cockamamie." "The Wall Street Journal"
"Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book." "The Times" (London)
"You'd have to be not just very smart but witty, humorous and inventive to have had the career he has, but still more to encapsulate so much of it, playfully yet seriously, in this book."
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'I am English. Tweedy. Pukka. Confident. Establishment. Self-assured. In charge. That is how people like to see me, be the truth never so at variance. In fact, I am chronically overmastered by a sense of failure, underachievement and a terrible knowledge that I have betrayed, abused or neglected the talents that nature bestowed upon me . . .'

Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and thief, an addict, liar, fantasist and failed suicide, convinced that at any moment he would be found out and flung away. Instead, university life offered him love, romance and the chance to stand on a stage and entertain. This memoir is one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading.

'Extraordinary, affectionate, engaging, cunningly planned and crammed with incidental delights' Guardian

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  • PublisherHarry N. Abrams
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 1468301489
  • ISBN 13 9781468301489
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages448
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