An Autobiography: Grow Up - Keith Allen

GROW UP is the title of actor Keith Allen's autobiography. The majority of the book concentrates on Allen's teenage and early twenties. As a child Keith's father worked for the navy so was always away. Consequently, he had no male role model so was mischievious. This meant he had difficulties knowing what he wanted to be. Thi is a good section as it shows that Keith's rebel nature was born through even in his early years. Keith writes that he didn't want to go to university so had a few rubbish jobs which provide some funny anecdotes. When he moved to London he got involved with the punk attitude and so music and rebelling became his way of life. ...  Read the complete review

"I hooked up with this chic (who is now a dame) in Soho in the summer of 74. An hour later I was in her bedroom snorting animal nitrate; her with her head phones on listening to opera, and me with my tongue about two inches up her magnificent bottom (no it wasn't Judy Dench)" Kith Allen (2008) Its hard to know what to make of Keith Allen, other than he has a bit of a reputation and has a cracking writing style, this the best written life memoir I have read since Rupert Everett's excellent account of his similarly naughty and deviant lifestyle, although Everett's book was far more entertaining. But is Keith the bad boy he makes out or is ...  Read the complete review