The Fry Chronicles - Rambling Readers

English language

Published Feb. 11, 2010

ISBN:: 978-0-7181-5483-7

(1 review)

The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography is the 2010 autobiography of Stephen Fry. The book is a continuation from the end of his 1997 publication of his first autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography. Though without a strict chronology, it concentrates on a seven-year period of Fry's life, taking up the story after his release from prison, his time at the University of Cambridge and his career in comedy by the late 1980s. The book is Fry's ninth, and his second volume of autobiography. Critics have called the book "candid, sincere, and charming, with insightful commentary if occasionally flat stories".It was published by Michael Joseph on 13 September 2010 in the United Kingdom and in the United States. It was simultaneously published as an e-book (in regular and an enhanced version), an audiobook, and an iOS application by ePenguin; both imprints of Penguin Books.

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Review of 'The Fry Chronicles' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

"There's a lot more to Stephen Fry," my fiancee said to me this morning. Even without context, the sentiment holds. he's an icon. A British icon. something of a legend.

What did I like about this book, you may ask? The most interesting part of [b:Moab is my washpot|66857|Moab Is My Washpot|Stephen Fry|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170662529s/66857.jpg|2951429], you may recall, was the honesty - in fact, the daring bullseye of a very lauded publican being so openly honest. quite naturally there's more of the same here, speckled with glimpses into Fry's self image and mindset which are, if not shocking, at least powerful enough to alter one's perceptions of the man considerably.

There were certain parts that made me chuckle, of course - and so many little things too numerous to list. The Dorchester events, for instance. Hugh Laurie's digestive system. The Queens' Fellows on co-ed. more and more besides, as I say. Far …

"There's a lot more to Stephen Fry," my fiancee said to me this morning. Even without context, the sentiment holds. he's an icon. A British icon. something of a legend.

What did I like about this book, you may ask? The most interesting part of [b:Moab is my washpot|66857|Moab Is My Washpot|Stephen Fry|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170662529s/66857.jpg|2951429], you may recall, was the honesty - in fact, the daring bullseye of a very lauded publican being so openly honest. quite naturally there's more of the same here, speckled with glimpses into Fry's self image and mindset which are, if not shocking, at least powerful enough to alter one's perceptions of the man considerably.

There were certain parts that made me chuckle, of course - and so many little things too numerous to list. The Dorchester events, for instance. Hugh Laurie's digestive system. The Queens' Fellows on co-ed. more and more besides, as I say. Far too numerous to list - you may as well read the whole book. There's also a great outpouring of milieu; Fry's Cambridge years especially fairly ring with a sense of the times. I can only conclude with the thought that I had whilst finishing the final few pages: this is a piece of history.