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Book Reviews of Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens
Believe Me A Memoir of Love Death and Jazz Chickens
Author: Eddie Izzard
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ISBN-13: 9781611764697
ISBN-10: 1611764696
Publication Date: 12/1/2015
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Publisher: Penguin Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
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maura853 avatar reviewed Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens on + 542 more book reviews
Very interesting and enjoyable account of his life, by an interesting and very enjoyable performer. If you've even seen just one of Izzard's stand up performances, you'll know what I mean when I say that he writes like he performs -- and that's a good thing and a not so good thing. His mind leaps all over the map, footnotes, both serious and jokey, pepper every page, and if you're a big fan of well-organized and tightly edited prose ... welllll ....

But this is Eddie Izzard, for heaven's sake! Like, a god of comedy!! (Eddie: note the small g -- I was paying attention!) It's all about the journey, and the journey -- his heartbreaking account of the loss of his mother when he was so very young, his dawning realization of his sexuality, his account of his career, and his creative processes -- are definitely worth wrangling some footnotes.