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No Shame

the hilarious and candid memoir from one of our best-loved comedians

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By: Tom Allen
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Summary

 'When I was 16 I dressed in Victorian clothing in a bid to distract people from the fact that I was gay. It was a flawed plan.'

No Shame is a very funny, candid and emotional ride of a memoir by one of our most beloved comedians. The working-class son of a coach driver, and the youngest member of the Noel Coward Society, Tom Allen grew up in 90s suburbia as the eternal outsider.

In these hilarious, honest and heart breaking stories Tom recalls observations on childhood, his adolescence, the family he still lives with, and his attempts to come out and negotiate the gay dating scene. They are written with his trademark caustic wit and warmth, and will entertain, surprise and move you in equal measure.

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Critic Reviews

Tom Allen is one of the funniest comedians in the UK, the best dressed man I know and now it turns out he is a superb writer. I hate him. (Josh Widdicombe)
Wonderfully funny, utterly charming and sharp as all Hell. Just like the man himself. (Sarah Millican)
This hilarious and touching autobiography is like a turbo charged episode of Terry and June. (Google it young people) . . . a delightful, touching side-splitter. (Jo Brand)
An absolute joy! Funny, witty and totally charming. You'll love him even more after reading this. (Alan Carr)
Tom's rich and unique comic voice bounces off the page beautifully (Matt Lucas)
This book is brilliant, funny and thoughtful just like Tom. I loved it! (Suzi Ruffell)
It's very funny but it is also heart-breaking and very sweet. It's everything you want in a book
This book is in turns extremely funny and achingly sad
Very funny as you would expect, but also quite sad sometimes...this is all about making all of us feel a bit less weird
A great read and very funny
It's a delight. It's funny and sweet and charming
I inhaled it, I absolutely loved it (Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 2)
Tom recounts the peaks and lows adolescence... all suffused with his trademark caustic observational wit
All stars
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Loved it. Wonderfully told witty tales had me laughing out loud and wincing with pain at all the struggles of growing up and living life. And heartening to know all those British comedians I love, are not only funny, but beautiful warm kind people as well. Beautiful indeed Tom.

Fabulous!

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Funny, heart-warming, honest and endearing. Sad that I've finished it. I hope he writes another book.

Wonderful

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This is much more than a memoir and much, much more than just a funny read. Tom touches on insecurities so many people face and, while taking a funny stance on these, opens himself up to analysing those feelings. I really empathised with his constant sense of trepidation and cheered him on as he faced his fears and found success. I loved that he didn’t dwell on his own success, almost making light of the amazing achievements he has made, in favour of funny stories about his aunt in New York and hilarious descriptions of top hats and shoe polishing. He does a great job of narrating this and it would be hard to imagine anyone else doing it.

Deprecating and clever

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Tom Allen shares his most personal struggles as a youth and an adult. It is both heart wrenching and hilarious.
A truly wonderful listen!

Perhaps the best audiobook so far

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Very nice, Tom is so sweet! The best bit for me was his collection of soup spoons, laughed out loud in my car.

Another great Lgbt+ story.

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