Tragically I was an Only Twin. The Complete Peter Cook

Cook, Peter

ISBN 10: 0712623981 / ISBN 13: 9780712623988

Published by Century / Random House Group Ltd, London, 2002

About this Item

First edition, subsequent impression with number line '3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4'. Some edge wear and creasing to top and bottom of jacket, corners slightly bruised, very slight yellowing to extremities. Price clipped, inscription to maroon ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg + copy. 429pp. For his many friends and fans, Peter Cook was quite simply the funniest man they'd ever met. And seven years since his untimely death, his reputation of one of Britain's greatest comics shows no sign of shrinking. Despite his reputation for idleness, Cook was a prolific writer, who penned countless outrageous sketches and articles, some of these pieces have never been published before, other are out of print and many have only ever been seen or heard. Consisting of forty of Cook's finest pieces, this book will include his first writings from school and university, taking in his writing with Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore, the Pete & Dud and Derek & Clive dualogues, selections of his satirical journalism for Private Eye, his last ever interview and transcripts from his final television performance along with rare photographs of Cook, many previously unpublished.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tragically I was an Only Twin. The Complete Peter Cook
• Publisher: Century / Random House Group Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712623981
• ISBN 13: 9780712623988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

For his many friends and fans, Peter Cook was quite simply the funniest man they'd ever met. And seven years since his untimely death, his reputation of one of Britain's greatest comics shows no sign of shrinking. Despite his reputation for idleness, Cook was a prolific writer, who penned countless outrageous sketches and articles, some of these pieces have never been published before, other are out of print and many have only ever been seen or heard. Consisting of forty of Cook's finest pieces, this book will include his first writings from school and university, taking in his writing with Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore, the Pete & Dud and Derek & Clive dualogues, selections of his satirical journalism for Private Eye, his last ever interview and transcripts from his final television performance along with rare photographs of Cook, many previously unpublished.

About the Author

William Cook is the author of Ha Bloody Ha - Comedians Talking (Fourth Estate) and The Comedy Store - The Club That Changed British Comedy (Little, Brown). He has worked for the BBC and written for the Guardian, the Mail on Sunday and the New Statesman.