| | A Liar's Autobiography: Volume VI |  | Authors: Graham Chapman, Douglas Adams, David Sherlock, Alex Martin, David Yallop, Pedro Montt
Creators: Jonathan Hills, Captain Mark Phillips
Publisher: Eyre Methuen
Category: Book
Buy Used: $8.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1800054
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 239
ISBN: 0413475700
EAN: 9780413475701
ASIN: 0413475700
Publication Date: 1980
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Condition: Hardback with D/J. USED, BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. Delivered from the UK in 10-14 days.
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intercourse the penguin! July 17, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
when i bid on the book from a dude from england on ebay, i thought i knew exactly what the book was gonna be about. well, i learned a lot more about my 2nd fave python (1st is eric idle) than i thought i would. i learned a lot about graham from watching monty python several times over the years, reading short biographies on websites, and seeing a few other movies he has appeared in. when i read this book, i learned a lot more about him than i ever could from watching him and reading facts about him that people have gathered, and that is learning about how he truely felt throughout the more difficult times of his life. with all the information i learned about the late graham chapman, what i knew before was only a small fraction of what i know today. this book is the best book i have ever read, and i actually got really into it too, and im not a big fan of reading. this book was hard for me to put down, and graham chapman is surely one of the greatest people in my eyes. like he once said before, "i hope i have achieved something lasting." this book is so great, and you wont regret purchasing it. i highly recomend it.
For Monty Python fans December 10, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having just finished A Liar's Autobiography by Graham Chapman, I can tell you that Monty Python fans will love it. Not only did it offer humerous accounts of the author's life before Python, but it was often very touching as well. We learn about Chapman's journey through medical school and his struggle with drugs and alcohol, as well as his realization and acceptance of his homosexuality. The reader will also learn about his family, friends, travel experiences and good times during the many Monty Python tours, films and television episodes. Enjoy!
adds new meaning to the term 'splunge' March 22, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Obviously, Monty Python fans will want to read it, but aside from that, this is one of the most entertaining biographies I've read. Although the least successful of the Pythons in terms of solo career, Chapman may well have had the most interesting life - doctor, homosexual, alcoholic, mountaineer. By turns hilarious, angry, sad, and very silly.
The True Python May 12, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The title of this highly amusing book is both informative and misleading. Informative firstly because the "liar" part refers to Chapman tendency to drift of into fantasy land and relate stories from Biggles books and other bizarre episodes as if they were part of his life. Misleading secondly because usually autobiographies are written by the subject - whereas for this one much of the writing was done by three others with the occasional footnote by the author (if that makes any sense). But that aside this is a highly enjoyable read as well as being painfully poignant and also thought-provoking. There is little doubt that Chapman was one of the great comic geniuses of our time, and this is a book that well represents his playful insanity.
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