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Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

My Autobiography

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Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

By: Limmy
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The hysterical, shocking and incredibly intimate memoir from one of the most original and unique comedians alive today.

Hello! I’m Brian Limond, aka Limmy. You might know me from Limmy’s Show. Or you might not know me at all. Don’t worry if you don’t.

They asked me to write a book about mental health, because I sometimes talk about my mental health in tweets and interviews, like suicidal thoughts and anxiety, and what I’ve done to try and deal with it.

I said to them, oh, I don’t know if I could fill a whole book with just that. But how’s about I write a general autobiography type of thing, and all the mental health stuff will naturally appear along the way? I could talk about growing up and slashing my wrist and taking acid all the time and getting done for car theft and feeling like a mad freak that would never amount to anything.

And then how I made my own sketch show. I directed it and everything. Plus I’m a dad. I’m an adult. But I still feel like that mad freak from years ago. I still feel like chucking it all away, for a laugh.

I asked them if they wanted me to write about all that, plus some other stuff. Like being an alky. And my sexual problems. Stuff like that.

They said aye.

So here it is.

©2019 Limmy (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Performing Arts Stand-up Shows Comedy Biography Funny Heartfelt Inspiring Witty Thought-Provoking Mental Health

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Critic reviews

"One of the most innovative and fearless comedians on the block." (The Guardian)

"One of the most idiosyncratic and original comics working today." (The Independent)

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this book is an antidote to the normal hubristic approach of a autobiography. a compelling and entertaining listen. highly recommended

Surprisingly Down to Earth and very Honest

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Absolytely loved it. Someone thinks like I do. Relieved it's not just me. Unsurprisingly funny.

Brilliant

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Does exactly what it says on the tin. Never lost my attention from start to finish

Excellent

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There was me thinking this was gonna be a bit daft, from chapter to chapter, little stories that you don't expect, just like an extension of Limmy's show and that's exactly what it is, but it's also not like that at all. Limmy takes you through the ups, the downs, the surreal and ultra-real times in his life. It's not all win after win after win, a lucky stride you might say, but more a progression path with all the pitfalls included. The book really pulled at my emotions, having me laughing harder than I ever have before, then only to have me anxious and gripped as things were not always so rosey. The detail in how he dealt with mental health and how is support network of friends and family experienced his mental health is awe-inspiring. Just to listen to how he dealt with it and how it affected him really hit me. The whole book is just inspiring from a mental health point of view. At no point did I feel like any of his struggles with mental health were cut short, the way in which it's written and read really makes you feel the pain and understand exactly what was going on. What a fucking journey, amazing.

A rollercoaster of inspired insight

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Limmy is one of my favourite creative's of all time and this book is a really engaging telling of his story.

Amazing insight into a beautiful mans story.

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This book is brilliant and funny and relatable and arse clenchingly honest (I hope) and raw in parts , just very Limmy I suppose.
I didn’t want to turn it off.

Extra brilliant listening to it in his voice

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Class hearing Limmy talk about the trials and tribulations of his life. Very easy listen and really interesting

Book or the summer

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Brutally honest, really funny and a very interesting insight into the life of a pro-streamer.

Benny Harvey RIP

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from someone that has never really watched Limmys Show, I loved this book. thought it was laugh out loud at some points and totally connected to some of the random stuff that he thinks about (how does soap work?). think I will be listening to this again.

brilliant listen

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