The Life of Lee
Lee Evans
- Lee
- Evans
- is
- one
- of
- the
- best-loved
- comedians
- in
- the
- country;
- a
- Hollywood
- star
- able
- to
- sell
- out
- arenas
- in
- the
- blink
- of
- eye.But
- he
- was
- not
- always
- such
- a
- roaring
- success.
The
- Life
- of
- Lee
- is
- an
- utterly
- hilarious
- and
- very
- moving
- autobiography
- charting
- his
- ups
- and
- downs
- on
- the
- way
- to
- the
- top.
- Lee
- takes
- us
- on
- a
- darkly
- humorous
- journey
- through
- his
- childhood
- spent
- running
- wild
- on
- a
- Bristol
- housing
- estate
- and
- his
- unconventional
- school
- days,
- when
- he
- was
- publicly
- derided
- as
- 'a
- failure'
- by
- a
- sadistic
- teacher.In
- this
- brilliantly
- entertaining
- and
- engaging
- tale,
- he
- also
- guides
- us
- through
- a
- grim
- teenage
- period
- of
- numerous
- dead-end
- jobs.
- When
- he
- was
- cleaning
- toilets
- and
- plucking
- turkeys,
- he
- could
- never
- have
- imagined
- that
- one
- day
- he
- would
- be
- playing
- to
- thousands
- of
- adoring
- fans
- at
- the
- O2
- Arena.The
- book
- also
- reveals
- how
- as
- a
- boy
- Lee
- got
- his
- first
- taste
- of
- showbiz,
- living
- out
- of
- a
- suitcase
- and
- accompanying
- his
- entertainer
- father
- around
- the
- smoky,
- rowdy,
- unforgiving
- working-men's
- club
- and
- theatre
- circuit.Desperately
- struggling
- to
- be
- accepted,
- this
- quiet
- young
- loner
- always
- saw
- himself
- as
- an
- outsider.
- But
- he
- finally
- met
- the
- love
- of
- his
- life
- and
- accidentally
- discovered
- the
- one
- place
- where
- he
- felt
- at
- home:
- the
- stage.The
- Life
- of
- Lee
- is
- a
- story
- that
- is
- like
- its
- subject:
- compelling,
- touching,
- charming
- and,
- above
- all,
- fantastically funny.
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