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The Python Years: Diaries 1969-1979 (Volume One) (Paperback)
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The Python Years: Diaries 1969-1979 (Volume One) (Paperback)

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Published: 29/08/2024
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The funny, warm and moving diaries of a man at the centre of one of the world's most influential comedy troupes.

Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy. But Monty Python was just around the corner . . .

This engaging volume is a window into the world of Monty Python, from the group's early cult success to the global superstardom that followed. Amongst tales from the making of THE HOLY GRAIL and LIFE OF BRIAN are stories of the three-day week and the various trials of a peripatetic life, told with Michael's trademark warmth and good humour.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781474625845
Number of pages: 752
Weight: 580 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 50 mm


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His showbiz observations are so absorbing . . . Palin is an elegant and engaging writer - GUARDIAN

Accomplished . . . If Palin's comic genius is a given, this is a more rounded portrait of the decade which saw the Pythons become icons. Our favourite TV explorer shows us the workings of an unstoppable machine - DAILY EXPRESS

Palin's style is so fluid, and his sincerity so palpable, that it is often easy to underestimate just how talented he is as a comedian, broadcaster and a writer . . . [the diaries] are just too good and he is too modest - SUNDAY EXPRESS

Delightful and often extraordinarily funny . . . An entertaining and at times deeply moving read - MAIL ON SUNDAY

If anyone writes a diary purely for the joy of it, it is Michael Palin . . . This combination of niceness, with his natural volubility, creates Palin's expansiveness - THE TIMES

Palin's steady eye, contemplative bent and instinct for honest appraisal make him the perfect chronicler of a frequently insane period which saw the Monty Python team become the most celebrated comedians in the world - TIME OUT

A real delight to read - SAGA MAGAZINE

A slow burn, revealing its pleasures only gradually, and allowing readers the warm glow of hindsight denied its writer . . . This book will make the perfect present for those comedy obsessives of a certain age, who will know exactly what it is long before they have unwrapped it - SPECTATOR

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“The Python Years: Volume One”

In this ridiculously entertaining book, Michael Palin allows us complete access to his past as he documents with grace and constant humour, his rise from aspiring writer to the towering figure of off the chain comedy... More

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