Book description
Fanatical about cricket since he was a boy, MILES JUPP would do
anything to see his heroes play. But perhaps deciding to bluff his way
into the press corps during England's Test series in India wasn't his
best idea.
By claiming to be the cricket correspondent for BBC Scotland and
getting a job with the (Welsh) Western Mail, Miles lands the
press pass that will surely be the ticket to his dreams. Soon, he
finds himself in cricket heaven - drinking with David Gower and Beefy,
sharing bar room banter with Nasser Hussain and swapping diarrhoea
stories with the Test Match Special team. Amazing!
But struggling in the heat under the burden of his own fibs, reality
soon catches up with Miles as - like a cricket-obsessed Boot from
Evelyn Waugh's Scoop - he bumbles from one disaster to the
next. A joyous, charming, yet cautionary tale, Fibber in the
Heat is for anyone who's ever dreamt about doing nothing but
watching cricket all day long.
Miles Jupp is an actor, comedian and writer. He started performing
stand-up in 2000, and the following year won both So You Think You're
Funny and The Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. He was nominated
for the Perrier Best Newcomer award for his debut Edinburgh solo show
Gentlemen Prefer Brogues
. He contributes to a number of Radio 4 shows as well as his own series
for the station
Miles Jupp's Real World
(with Frankie Boyle). His TV credits include
The Thick Of It,
Gary: Tank Commander
and
Rev.
His film work includes
Made In Dagenham, Harry Potter And The Order
Of The Phoenix
and
Sherlock Holmes.
He is known to younger fans as Archie the Inventor in the children's
series
Balamory.
His show
Fibber in the Heat
was one of the big successes of the Edinburgh festival in 2010.
