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Odd Boy Out
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The long-awaited autobiography from beloved star of Just a Minute, QI, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Gogglebox.
There are few people Gyles Brandreth doesn't know or hasn't met - from the queen to the Sex Pistols, Mandela and Marlene Dietrich to T. S. Eliot, he's the celebrities' celebrity, as familiar and welcome to us on radio and screens as biscuits are to a cup of tea.
Now a grandparent, looking back on his remarkable life, he traces his steps back to being a three-year-old tearing around 1950s London on his tricycle, to boarding school where he had an appendix removed simply to get out of football, to Bedales, where he met Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (and became intimate with a matron), to balancing his growing love of theatre with his love for educating, the 'woolly jumper years', the stint as an MP, the years of close friendship with the queen, to becoming a septuagenarian Twitter star and stalwart fixture in British entertainment.
Throughout it all, there are lessons to be learned as Gyles derives wisdom and wit from his extraordinary encounters. Full of stories and full of heart, this is Gyles as you don't yet know him.
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- amanda casley
- 01-03-22
Interesting life
Enjoyable listen. Glad Gyles doesn't take himself too seriously these days, it makes for a more enjoyable book.
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- Viv
- 03-07-22
Entertaining and at times poignant
A really rather enjoyable series of tales and anecdotes and memories from the loquacious Mr Brandreth, told with wit, style, warmth and self-awareness. Some genuinely laugh out loud moments, and some touching moments too. Well worth the time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-04-23
Fascinating and Uplifting
This was so enjoyable. If anyone needs cheering up I recommend it as I found myself laughing and relishing the performance. Brandreth is a polymath and is humorously aware of his narcissistic streak. He tells stories which deflate his ego. The famous friendships are fascinating and the anecdotes sparkle.
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- JME
- 09-02-24
Most enjoyable
Really enjoyed listening to this book.
Was a lovely insight into Giles’ life.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thankyou Giles.
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- Stuart. G
- 20-04-24
Saved By The Ending
I found during the course of listening to this book that a little of the author goes a long, long way. A casual fan via his appearances on shows such as Q.I, I thought a book filled with his funny stories and a dropped name or twenty would be an easy and enjoyable ride.
However, by about the midway point I was beginning to flag. I found myself unable to listen to more than 20 or 30 minutes at a time. It seems you really can have too much of a good thing.
I'd almost stopped actively listening to the long and seemingly endless parade of 'these are the fabulous people I've met, here are the wonderful plays I can recite from with ease, and oh haven't I had such a maaaarvellous life luvvies' when the last chapter arrived to save the day. The letter to his father that ends the book leaves it a deserving 4 star gem.
Yes, Giles Brandreth can become almost a bore at times, and yes...he would no doubt be tutting and shaking his head at my poorly constructed sentences and use of punctuation (not ro mention my lack of being able to understand a word he's saying when he flexes his French speaking muscles without the merest word of translation for us 'thick folk up north'), but that wonderful letter makes it all worthwhile.
In the end Gyles Brandreth comes across as a thoroughly likeable and quite interesting human being.....in small doses.
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- YaggaMcc
- 07-12-21
Odd Boy Out
it's read by Gyles Brandreth, and is about his life thus far.
need I say more?
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- Linda
- 02-02-22
Fabulous!
A wonderful listen, splendidly read by Giles telling the tale of his amazing life complete with all the name dropping one would expect! I feel richer for having listened!
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- Janet Wardell
- 22-01-22
Don't want to add to the ego but......
it was a brilliant listen. Enjoyed every bit of his story, the asides, the humour, the sentiment.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-21
Excellent book
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. What a fascinating life and family Gyles has. He seems such a very nice, good man and great fun to be with I’m sure! He’s definitely on my fantasy dinner party list! Loved his voice too. Listened to a chapter each night before sleep and he was very soothing. Thank you Gyles
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- C. Radley
- 03-05-22
Love love LOVED this book!
I am genuinely sad to come to the end of this Audio book! What an interesting, enjoyable journey I have been on listening to Giles! Cannot recommend this book enough!
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