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The Sound of Laughter
Peter Kay
Summary
The number one bestselling autobiography of Britain's most popular comedian.Peter Kay's unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned himself a widespread, everyman appeal.
The number one bestselling autobiography of Britain's most popular comedian.Peter Kay's unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned himself a widespread, everyman appeal. These vivid observations coupled with a kind of nostalgia that never fails to grab his audience's shared understanding, have earned him comparisons with Alan Bennett and Ronnie Barker. In his award winning TV series' he creates worlds populated by degenerate, bitter, useless, endearing and always recognisable characters which have attracted a huge and loyal following.In many ways he's an old fashioned kind of comedian and the scope and enormity of his fanbase reflects this. He doesn't tell jokes about politics or sex, but rather rejoices in the far funnier areas of life: elderly relatives and answering machines, dads dancing badly at weddings, garlic bread and cheesecake, your mum's HRT...His autobiography is full of this kind of humour and nostalgia, beginning with Kay's first ever driving lesson, taking him back through his Bolton childhood, the numerous jobs he held after school and leading up until the time he passed his driving test and found fame.
Perfect for fans of Music, Biography, Film, Television & Music, Performing Arts, Arts & Photography, Individual Directors.
Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 279 pages · Hardcover
- By Peter Kay
Details
- ISBN: 9781846051616
- Author: Peter Kay
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 279
- Language: English
- Publication date: 2 October 2006
- Condition: New
- Rating: 2.00 (1 reviews)
Reviews
Average rating: 2.00/5 · 1 review
From there on his rise to the top has been a meteoric one. Eagerly anticipated, The Sound of Laughter is unpretentious, warmly nostalgic and brilliantly funny look into the life of Peter Kay.

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