Book description
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. 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 is one hell of a read!
Paul O'Grady first came to fame in the guise of Lily Savage, and
was nominated for a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991.
Lily later became a regular on This Morning, took over the bed on The
Big Breakfast and presented Blankety Blank, but has now retired. Paul,
of course, went on to further success presenting the Paul O'Grady Show
on Channel 4. His first book, At My Mother's Knee, was the
biggest selling autobiography of 2008.
Paul has won numerous awards including a Bafta for Best
Entertainment Performance (2005), National Television Awards for Most
Popular Daytime Programme 2005 and Most Popular Entertainment Show
2008, and a Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality (2005).
