Happyslapped by a jellyfish - Karl Pilkington

Is this the best "anti"-holiday book of all time? Well quite possibly, as Karl Pilkington gives us an insight into how holiday books aren't usually written whilst talking about his own trips and often the problems with them in an excellent book that he describes as "A travel guide". Pilkington may not be known to many (despite this being his second book) and to those who do know the name, that will almost certainly be in conjuncture with his work with Ricky Gervais. Karl's first book "The World Of Karl Pilkington" was based on the radio show, that became one of the biggest listened to PodCasts in history, as he worked as the producer on the ...  Read the complete review

Karl Pilkington's rise to fame came during his work as the 'producer' to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Saturday afternoon show on XFM Radio. Between 2001 and 2005 Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant brought out the best in Karl, exposing him and his views to the listen public for the first time. Whilst Gervais and Merchant spent much of their week writing and filming the award winning show "The Office," Karl spent his time thinking up ideas for the show, bringing such features as "Monkey News," "Songs of Phrase" and "Rock busters." When the trio left XFM radio they began recording the first of three series of ...  Read the complete review