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Odd Boy Out

Written by:
Gyles Brandreth
Narrated by:
Gyles Brandreth

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
5
Narrator
4
Release Date
September 16, 2021
Duration
14 hours 31 minutes
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.

The long-awaited autobiography from beloved star of Just a Minute, QI, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Gogglebox.

There are few people Gyles Brandreth doesn't know or hasn't met - from the Queen to the Sex Pistols, Mandela and Marlene Dietrich to TS Eliot, he's the celebrities' celebrity, as familiar and welcome to us on radio and screens as biscuits are to a cup of tea.

Now a grandparent, looking back on his remarkable life, he traces his steps back to being a three-year-old tearing around 1950s London on his tricycle, to boarding school where he had an appendix removed simply to get out of football, to Bedales, where he met Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (and became intimate with a matron), to balancing his growing love of theatre with his love for educating, the 'woolly jumper years', the stint as an MP, the years of close friendship with the Queen, to becoming a septuagenarian Twitter star and stalwart fixture in British entertainment.

Throughout it all, there are lessons to be learned as Gyles derives wisdom and wit from his extraordinary encounters. Full of stories and full of heart, this is Gyles as you don't yet know him.

© Gyles Brandreth 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Miss Biggun

Gyles has led such an amazing life and I'll always remember him for his loud jumpers on Breakfast TV which were such a treat to wake up too. At first I struggled with how long winded the family tree was and confess I did fast forward quite a lot to start with, but once it got to being about Gyles himself then I was hooked and I'm so glad I persevered with it as I really enjoyed hearing all about the people Gyles has met and learning more about him as a person

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Anonymous

Excellent!

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Anonymous

Excellent

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