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Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1997
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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8vo bound in the original cloth binding with the original dust jacket, Overall in near fine condition. All books are posted in a proper sturdy book box. Overseas orders may require extra postal costs.
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- Title
- Peter Cook: A biography
- Author
- Harry Thompson
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, London
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0340649682
- ISBN 13
- 9780340649688
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 925 grams
- Dimensions
- 6.42 inches width by 9.57 inches height by 1.69 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- Biography/Autobiography
A biography of comedian and satirist Peter Cook, examining the seriousness behind the jokes, how he made a generation see the world differently and charting the emotional life of a genius who by the end had withdrawn from the world almost entirely.
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About the Author
Harry Thompson invented many TV comedy hits such as Have I Got News For You and Da Ali G Show. He was the author of several acclaimed bestsellers, including PETER COOK: A BIOGRAPHY and PENGUINS STOPPED PLAY, as well as a historical novel, THIS THING OF DARKNESS which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He worked as a producer at Talkback TV and in his spare time he ran the infamous cricket team, the Captain Scott XI. Harry Thompson died in 2005.
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