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Life and Laughing

My Story

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Life and Laughing

By: Michael McIntyre
Narrated by: Michael McIntyre
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The riveting, poignant and remarkably honest biography from Britain's biggest comedy star, Michael McIntyre, brought to you by Penguin.

His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time.

Now he hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and has won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand-up.

But how did he get there?

In his compelling autobiography, Michael McIntyre reveals all.

With deeply personal and captivating narration, Michael unveils his incredible journey: from his showbiz roots, to his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, to going from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to half a million at his last tour.

Written and narrated by Michael himself, Life and Laughing is the hilarious performance and life story from one of the country's most loved comics.

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Editorial reviews

The best-selling audiobook Life and Laughing: My Story is written and narrated by one of Britain’s most loved comedians, Michael McIntyre, who gives an honest and hilarious recount of his incredible life. His memoir tells the tale of his life from childhood endeavors, his entry into the comedy scene and his brilliant rise to the top. He details his struggles and achievements, wildly funny attempts at romance, as well as the eccentric characters in the stand-up scene he has met along the way. His autobiography is laugh-out-loud, joyous listening. Available now from Audible.
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Being a staunch true crime fan, I only just recently and inadvertently downloaded Alec Baldwin's memoir - which I loved..... so on a roll downloaded Michael's memoir as he just makes me laugh with his natural day to day; true to real life experiences that really makes me laugh out loud no matter how many times I hear/see it.... his memoir is just the same. Totally entertaining and made me laugh, unfortunately as I was listening while painting, caused me to have to correct some detail on my canvas. What a hoot he is. He strikes me as a really loveable human being with an innate ability to make humour out of everyday living. (I just wonder what his wife thinks of him using her in his material : ) I'd love to invite this man and his sweet wife to my house for dinner.

So Open and entertaining

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my favourite book to listen to. Michael delivers the story of his life with expert timing.

amazing performance!

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Had a great laugh and a few tears. Highly recommend it.

Although it has left me wanting Michael to read the screen play!

A great story will told

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Loved this so much.I Iike Michael even more now I know his story. His narration is amazing. I laughed a lot, cried a little & even felt anxious in moments as Michael stepped on stage at his first Royal Variety performance. Can't wait for the next book!

Perfect!! Very funny & poignant

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I have recently been listening to a few comedians autobiographies and have enjoyed them all ... this one is one of my favs!!

I loved it!

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I am so glad I listened to this audiobook. The very first chapter had me wiping tears from eyes. This is one of the first books I'd listened to that I was devastated to come to the end.
I only learned about Michael recently when I saw send to all on YouTube. But now I have his whole back catalogue to jump into.

Well worth the listen.

Had me in stitches

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The story was hilarious and touching and read beautifully by the Man himself. The book had me laughing and crying. I highly recommend it.

Perfection

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A terrific listen. Poignant, insightful, engaging, and laugh out loud funny. Well worth your time.

Exceeds expectations

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loved it. life is about persistence and optimism shines through. hearing it straight from Michael made it very real.

Michael McIntyre,

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You have to listen, going to listen again. So funny and real. Love the accents and 80's flashbacks. Hilarious.

Brilliantly funny. Couldn't stop listening

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