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There and Back

Diaries 1999-2009: The fourth volume of diaries from the beloved author, TV icon and Monty Python star

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There and Back

By: Michael Palin
Narrated by: Michael Palin
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Summary
 'A social history of Britain spanning four decades, told with unflagging empathy and wit ' Jonathan Coe, Observer

THE FOURTH VOLUME OF MICHAEL PALIN'S BESTSELLING DIARIES

There and Back is a new window into the world of Michael Palin, following him as he comes and goes through the filming of four blockbuster travel documentaries and begins to publish his personal diaries for the very first time.

From TV success to writer's block, Python reunions to lunches with Alan Bennett, the sadness of losing his good friend George Harrison to the joys of welcoming his first grandchild, these diaries document a decade of highs, lows and everything in between - all with the warmth, humour and heart for which Michael is renowned.©2024 Michael Palin Diaries & Journals Entertainment & Celebrities Memoirs, Diaries & Correspondence Adventure
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Critic Reviews

True, this evolving series is the ultimate comfort read, but it's also much more than that: a social history of Britain spanning four decades, told with unflagging empathy and wit (Jonathan Coe)
Michael Palin knows what makes a good diary . . . it's his attention to the mundane, above all, that makes his diaries so enjoyable to read
The dynamic [between the Pythons] remains eternally fascinating: there's a permanent tension and endless bickering, but also a huge, unshakeable love . . . [Palin is] less of a national treasure and more of a sacred monument
A friend's foolishness, his own fears, the minutiae of preparing for an overseas expedition, Palin writes it all down, so we know what happened and so he does as well . . . Perhaps that's why diaries are such an engaging literary form. Like our own lives they veer between the everyday and the profound
In the fourth volume of diaries from the Monty Python alumnus, we get to hang out with this thoughtful, amusing, affectionate, intellectually curious man over a decade . . . This is full of friends (numerous, often famous), funerals and fun
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I love Michael’s stories and how he keeps everything real and honest as he travels through the world of the movers and shakers as well as the world of the moven and shaken

Palin is brilliant

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possibly purchased by mistake but had nothing to do with Michael Palin that I knew from his excellent documentaries. Mindful babblings, I could not finish and I only got a few hours into it. Recommend you do your research before purchasing.

unsure why this book was released. it is clips from his diary

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