{"product_id":"9781800962590","title":"White Male Stand-Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Waterstones Best Books of 2025 List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly  good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' STEPHEN FRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest.  I was totally engrossed\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003eAMY LIPTROT\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Outrun\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Really honest and really funny' Lorraine Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003eJust Ignore Him\u003c\/i\u003e, the bestselling memoir of his traumatic childhood, \u003ci\u003eWhite Male Stand-Up\u003c\/i\u003e is what happened next to Alan Davies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a cast of well-known comedians, actors, agents and producers, Alan awkwardly navigates his life from the camaraderie of the comedy circuit via life-changing fame as TV's \u003ci\u003eJonathan Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, to the unwelcome realisation that most people know him from a bank advert and think he's had a perm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften very funny and always honest, this very personal memoir is a rich tale of uplifting highs and painful lows, of success and excess, and the dangers of both. How Alan Davies survived it - and very nearly didn't - is the compelling tale of \u003ci\u003eWhite Male Stand Up\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Davies, Alan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57978870858102,"sku":"9781800962590","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9781800962590.jpg?v=1780050358","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9781800962590","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}