Book description
Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a
tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The
Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when
a party gets out of hand.
I don't think anyone can have written an autobiography without at some
point thinking "Why would anyone want to know this shit?" I've
always read them thinking "I don't want to know where Steve Tyler
grew up, just tell me how many groupies he f**ked!"'
So begins Frankie's outrageous, laugh-out loud, cynical rant on life as
he knows it. From growing up in Pollockshaws, Glasgow ('it was an aching
cement void, a slap in the face to Childhood, and for the family it was
a step up'), to his rampant teenage sex drive ('in those days if you
glimpsed a nipple on T. V. it was like porn Christmas'), and first job
working in a mental hospital ('where most evenings were spent persuading
an old man in his pants not to eat a family sized block of cheese'),
nothing is out of bounds.
Outspoken, outrageous and brilliantly inappropriate, Frankie Boyle, the
dark heart of Mock the Week, says the unsayable as only he can. From the
TV programmes he would like to see made ('Celebrities On Acid On Ice:
just like Celebrity Dancing On Ice, but with an opening sequence where
Graham Norton hoses the celebrities down with liquid LSD'), to his
native Scotland and the Mayor of London ('voting for Boris Johnson
wasn't that different to voting for a Labrador wearing a Wonder Woman
costume'), nothing and no one is safe from Frankie's fearless,
sharp-tongued assault.
Sharply observed and full of taboo-busting,
we-really-shouldn't-be-laughing-at-this humour, My Shit Life So Far
shows why Frankie Boyle really is the blackest man in show business.
'If you like Harry Potter and the Da Vinci Code, why are you even
looking at this, you retard?'
Jimmy Carr
'If you are suffocating in cosy Christmas cheer, this abrasively
cynical, relentlessly misanthropic book might feel like a welcome
faceful of ice-cold water straight out of the Clyde.'
The Sunday Times
'Quite triumphantly, this is the most abusive, obscene, insulting
memoir yet published…Many, many funny lines here. A difficult book to
read sedately in public.'
The Evening Standard
'He has a shocking, acid-tongued wit and his sharp observations make
this one of the funniest autobiographies I've read.'
The Sun
'an original mix of confession and stand-up monologue … it's rather
gratifying that it's outselling most of the books by more famous figures.'
The Guardian
'a refreshing antidote to the usual feelgood books by TV stars.'
The Independent
'My Shit Life So Far, showcases that cruel and unusual comedy that's
become Frankie's trademark, and should probably be enjoyed far away from
hot liquids… bizarre, intelligent and abusively hilarious.'
**** The List
'frequently funny.'
Heat
'biting wit.'
Independent on Sunday
'Fans of Boyle's dark style will hope this book provides
laughs-a-plenty and an antidote to the play-it-safe, sickly sweet
autobiographies of other so-called celebrities. They will not be disappointed.'
Dave TV
'Only read this book in public if you have no qualms about blowing
coffee through your nose in spurts of guilty laughter … Punchier than a
cage fighter, with more disclosures than an episode of Parky … Addictive
and expertly brutal.'
Hotline Francis Martin Patrick 'Frankie' Boyle was born in Glasgow in
1972. Most recognised for this regular spot on BBC 2's Mock the Week,
Frankie's cruel but perfectly constructed gags on politicians,
celebrities and society as a whole have cemented his name in the world
of comedy.' John Prescott is so fat, that he can't put a tie and belt on
without turning into sausages.' Nice.
