Him & Me

Him & Me is a hugely entertaining and irreverent account of a unique relationship between a father and son Written in two distinctive styles it reflects the larger-than-life personalities of its authors Jack and Michael Whitehall 'This book is a portrait of the pretty odd relationship I have with my elderly father It's given me an opportunity to share memories of him losing his temper with foreigners on holidays being rude to my mother's family at Christmas and failing epically during the fathers' race at my prep school He's also written some stories about me but can I just say before you read anything that I recall being a calm well-behaved and learned child not the intellectually subnormal mal-coordinated dipshit that he paints me as Nor am I as he suggests inside a sex addict a flasher
or a Scientologist' Jack 'How dare Jack refer to me as elderly! People always tell me how young I look for my age In this book I have at last been able to recount the many occasions when I have been let down by my only son He failed on the stage the sports field and he even screwed up the interview for his first boarding school by pretending he had mental health issues Despite being practically illiterate he tells stories about me strewn with grammatical errors and peppered with endless exaggerations and lies I was a kind doting father who guided his son through his formative years with love care and respect' Michael 'I'm not your only son what about Barnaby?' 'Oh yes I forgot about Barnaby' Packed with anecdotes some embarrassing and indiscreet many warm and touching Him & Me is lavishly
illustrated with family photographs and Jack's original illustrations Friends relatives neighbours teachers actors none are safe once Jack and Michael have opened up the Whitehall archives and shared their hilarious memories with us Praise for Him & Me 'The rapport between them is palpable and priceless crackles with their back-and-forth dynamic an embarrassment of biographical riches' Daily Telegraph 'Disgracefully funny and rather touching' R4 Midweek Jack Whitehall is a comedian actor and television presenter Following his first solo show at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival he has subsequently won numerous comedy awards most recently King of Comedy voted for by the public at both the 2012 and 2013 British Comedy Awards A regular guest on panel shows including Have I Got News For You
and A League of Their Own he is currently starring in two hit TV series Bad Education for the BBC which he also wrote and the award-winning Channel 4 series Fresh Meat in which he plays JP Jack's new national arena tour Jack Whitehall Gets Around played to sell-out audiences across the country and will be available on DVD this Autumn Michael Whitehall as a theatrical agent has been involved in the careers of many eminent actors including Colin Firth Richard Griffiths Angela Thorne Michael Fassbender Daniel Day Lewis Nigel Havers and Judi Dench He is also a television and theatre producer His memoir Shark Infested Waters was published in 2007 and is currently being developed for television He appeared with Jack at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Backchat which was subsequently
commissioned by BBC TV as a six-part series and screened in the Autumn of 2013 A second series is due for transmission in the Summer of 2014 He recently fulfilled his lifelong ambition of appearing in Dictionary Corner on Countdown