And Away...

Product Description

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery & forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him, but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious & moving memoir, & Away…

Although his childhood in Middlesbrough was normal on the surface, it was tinged by the loss of his dad, & his own various misadventures, from burning down the family home to starting a short-lived punk band called Dog Dirt. As an adult, he trained as a solicitor & moved to London. 

A chance encounter in a pub in the 1980s with a young comedian going by the name Vic Reeves set his life on a different track. & now, six years on, the heart condition that once threatened his career has instead led to new success on BBC2’s Gone Fishing.

Warm, profound, & irrepressibly funny, & Away… is Bob’s full life story (with a few lies thrown in for good measure.)

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781398505292
• Author: Bob Mortimer
• Publisher: Gallery UK
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 2.9 cm