Spanning 1979-1987, The Fry Chronicles charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. " Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book". (" The Times"). " Perfect prose & excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college & theatre & comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes & genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. & namedroppy too, & funny, & marbled with melancholy". (" Observer"). " Arguably the greatest living Englishman". (" Independent on Sunday"). " Extremely enjoyable". (" Sunday Times"). " Fry's linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence". (" Daily Telegraph"). Welcome to Stephen Fry's " The Fry Chronicles", one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing & heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading. Stephen Fry's film, stage, radio & television credits are so numerous & wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written, produced, directed, acted in or presented productions as varied as " Wilde", the TV series " Blackadder" & " Jeeves & Wooster", the sketch show "A Bit of Fry & Laurie", the panel game "QI", the radio series " Fry's English Delight" & documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression, disappearing animals & the United States of America. He's also the bestselling author of four novels
- " The Stars' Tennis Balls", Making History, The Hippopotamus & " The Liar"
- as well as a volume of autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, & sundry works of non-fiction.