Paul O'Grady
Hardcover | Pages: 344 pages Rating: 4.24 | 1392 Users | 86 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 0593064240 (ISBN13: 9780593064245) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Paul O'Grady Autobiography #2 |
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Birkenhead, 1973. The eighteen-year-old Paul O'Grady gets ready for a big Saturday night out on the town. New white T-shirt, freshly ironed jeans, looking good. As he bids farewell to his mum, who's on the phone to his auntie, and wanders off down the street in a cloud of aftershave, he hears her familiar cry: 'Oh, the devil rides out tonight, Annie. The Devil rides out!'The further adventures of Paul O'Grady - following on from the million-copy-selling At My Mother's Knee - are, if anything, even more hilarious and outrageous than what has come before. As Paul struggles to get to grips with unexpected fatherhood and bereavement, he searches high and low for a job that lasts and somehow finds himself getting married in the process. Work takes him from an abattoir to a children's home, from a hospital to a nightclub, and from penthouse to pavement. Along the way, he takes his first-Savage steps on stage, tastes the exotic delights of Manila and invades Poland . . .
To say that The Devil Rides Out is action-packed is an understatement. Its extraordinary cast of characters includes lords and ladies, the legendary Vera, a serial killer, more prostitutes than you can shake a stick at and drag queens of every shape and size. Wickedly funny, often moving, and searingly honest, Paul's tales of the unexpected will make your jaw drop and your hair stand on end. And you'll laugh like a drain.
The Devil Rides Out - one hell of a read!
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| Title | : | The Devil Rides Out (Paul O'Grady Autobiography #2) |
| Author | : | Paul O'Grady |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 344 pages |
| Published | : | October 5th 2010 by Bantam Press (first published September 16th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Biography. Autobiography. Nonfiction. Humor |
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Ratings: 4.24 From 1392 Users | 86 ReviewsComment On Of Books The Devil Rides Out (Paul O'Grady Autobiography #2)
If you're a fan of Paul O'Grady you will love this.This is the second of Paul's series of autobiographies and just as funny as the first. It covers Paul's late teens and early 20's and includes the birth of his daughter and a wedding. Paul struggled with various jobs, some which I was surprised about but then he discovers drag acts and the seed is planted for the rise of Lily Savage which is covered in the next book. If you're a bit of a prude this isn't for you but if like me you are a fan ofI have read the first book and this one is just as good. Wow has this man lived a full and interesting life so far and to read the book you can't help but hear his voice as if he were sitting down chatting to you. A glorious and raucous read.
This wasn't as funny as the first book but was nice to know how Paul started up on television.
Really enjoyed it, although less than the first installment. Feels like this one is dragged out somewhat, maybe to be able to write the third book (which I am going to read ASAP) and make people want to buy it. Still made me laugh and cry and shocked me in some places too. We shall see if book number three sums up the rest of his life until present day or if the publishers are still going to try and milk his story for a fourth installment!!
I feel bad giving only 2 stars to this book, because I like Paul O'Grady very much. But the second instalment of this autobiography is disappointing. The content can be summarised as follows:O'Grady gets unsuitable job that he hates, falls in with a crowd at a gay bar, sees a drag act and thinks "I could do that". O'Grady quits job he hates, gets another, starts frequenting another completely different but somehow exactly the same bar in which there is a resident drag act, and thinks "I could do
Volume 2 of O'Grady's autobiography. Read volume 1 - At My Mother's Knee - first, just because it's slightly superior.This picks up immediately from the death of his father and continues Paul's exploits in unsuitable jobs (including husband and father!) and occasionally with unsuitable men. It's repetitive in places and doesn't move the life story along all that far - by the end of the book, O'Grady's alter-ego Lily Savage is still a raw newcomer on the drag scene.I can't say I was disappointed
Paul O'Grady is one of my favourite ever personalities. I couldn't help but hear the words of this autobiography, as I did the first instalment in his voice. He is a natural born comedian and I believe the TV/Radio persona is genuinely Paul O'Grady. Nothing is left to the imagination as to his somewhat chequered history, I think Lily Savage might even have led a more sheltered life!
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