' Top pick of this year's celeb memoirs' Daily Mail To describe Open the Cage Murphy as action-packed is a massive understatement The book takes us on a roller coaster ride through a decade of Paul O' Grady's life & is stuffed to the gunwales with hilarious stories extreme situations & outrageous one-liners At the end of Paul's previous volume of autobiography Still Standing his brilliant comic creation Lily Savage stood on the brink of fame Here Lily embraces success as to the manner born & world domination beckons! Along the way the stories come thick & fast Paul is involved in a plane crash gets caught up in the LA riots & has a close encounter with Madonna He takes us with him to a gay-themed weekend in Butlin's in Skegness on a rowdy tour with Prisoner Cell Block H
- the Musical & into the depths of the Australian rainforest where he befriends a rare bird that can disembowel a man with a single kick The dramatis personae include a family of dolphins Charlton Heston & the ghost of Joan of Arc
- & there's a starring role for a certain remarkable dog Buster Elvis Savage But whether he's writing about star-studded Hollywood parties the devastating loss of close friends to AIDS or late night shenanigans at the end of Blackpool Pier Paul's wit & humanity never desert him Open the Cage Murphy is a genuine delight
- all the more so for being delightfully genuine