Autobiography reviews
Autobiography reviews, looking at some of the best new biography and autobiography publications, including hardback and paperback releases, new authors and the review of existing books.
I, Partridge by Steve Coogan review
Steve Coogan has been a comedy legend for more than 20 years and I, Partridge brings the entire length and indeed breadth of his career together in the life and times of
Ian Dury The Definitive Biography by Will Birch review
Ian Dury The Definitive Biography by Will Birch takes you pretty much from the cradle to the crave of one of Britain’s iconic proto-punk icons. Though it’s a long old read with
Disgusting Bliss, The Brass Eye of Chris Morris, by Lucian Randall review
As an introduction and biography of the life of Chris Morris from his early days on local radio to the controversy that surrounded programmes like
Life, Keith Richards
When you’ve had the kind of life that Keith Richards has had, you can definitely get away with calling your autobiography Life. Spanning the better part of half a century it takes
Love Is A Mix Tape, by Rob Sheffield
Rob Sheffield’s Love Is A Mix Tape puts a whole new perspective on the era defining memoir. In amongst its tape bound monologue you get both a closer than close insight into
Starstruck, by Cosmo Landesman
Cosmo Landesman’s Starstruck is a brilliant account of the story of fame set against the backdrop of his own starstruck, mad cap family. No aspect of the so-called rise of the importance
A Freewheelin’ Time by Suze Rotolo
I wanted to read A Freewheelin’ Time as soon as I heard about it. I love Bob Dylan’s Positively 4th Street and I’d read that it was either written about the end
Russell Brand’s My Booky Wook review
Despite having one of the stupidest names in the history of literature, My Booky Wook by Russell Brand is a heartwarming autobiography, with sweet tales of addiction, prostitution and dreams. I guess
Marching Powder by Rusty Young review
Rusty Young’s biography on the life and times of Thomas McFadden during his incarceration in San Pedro, Bolivia’s most notorious prison, for smuggling cocaine is
