I don't envy his having to try to insure the May Ball against the death of the Queen Mum!
In fairness, though, I don't think I ultimately have a right to feel disappointed. What should I have expected the second biography of a celebrity to be about, if not other celebs and the celebrity lifestyle? I suppose I wish he had devoted the whole book to his Cambridge days.
That would have been good. I have a suspicion that the reason why the second half is so ... ordered? is that he hasn't had enough time to distance himself from it, and so does not look back on it in the same free association rambling way, which characterises Moab (and to some extent the first half). Or it may be that he is worried about leaving someone out.
*MySmiley*
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The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
- 15/09/2010 11:58:02 PM
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Another great review. Can't wait finally to start it tonight! *NM*
- 16/09/2010 11:55:36 AM
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Oooh, so you got hold of it? *NM*
- 16/09/2010 02:57:15 PM
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I did. And in audio form, no less. *NM*
- 16/09/2010 05:13:42 PM
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I'm now about halfway through.
- 23/09/2010 11:24:42 PM
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You will not love the second half, then
- 23/09/2010 11:31:04 PM
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Yeah, I liked the Cambridge part.
- 23/09/2010 11:38:10 PM
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Re: Yeah, I liked the Cambridge part.
- 23/09/2010 11:40:12 PM
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Makes sense. I wonder when he'll write his third, likely not long given TFC's popularity.
- 23/09/2010 11:42:46 PM
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Finally finished it.
- 06/10/2010 04:45:29 PM
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Re: Finally finished it.
- 06/10/2010 06:52:36 PM
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Here's hoping so! I missed that during the second half of Chronicles.
- 06/10/2010 06:55:56 PM
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