Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry

A while back I reviewed a book by Stephen Fry, my first foray into the literary side of one of Britain’s national treasures (I don’t say that lightly) and one comment suggested that I try his early biography “Moab is my Washpot”, it just goes to show that Dooyoo does work, I wouldn’t have thought of reading this without that comment as I’m not normally a fan of autobiographies. For once I bought the book outright without waiting for my local library to order it in for me. Fry is the quintessence of all that is English and although I count myself as Welsh I recognise a fellow feeling of pride in one’s nationality. I’ve always been a fan of Fry for as long as I can ...

Having read the book, I still only have a vague idea of what on earth the title is going on about, but never mind. "Moab" is an autobiography, recounting the first 20 years or so of Stephen Fry's life. It's an interesting, alarmingly honest sort of book. Stephen Fry was educated in prep schools (in Uley of all places, very close to where I used to live) and public school. It will not shock his fans to learn that he wasn't that good at fitting in to the rugger orrientated world of the public school, that he was always a bit of a pretentious oddball and that he knew he was gay from a fairly early age. Some details about his less pleasant ...

Moab is My Washpot is a story about the earlier years of the life of national treasure Stephen Fry. It tells the story of his growing up and going to primary school, secondary school, and then to university. It tells, sometimes in graphic details, of the way in which he found himself to be a homosexual and the different ways in which he decided to deal with people who bullied him because of it, some of which are rather humerous. In this book, Fry demonstrates his wide and exceptional knowledge of the english language and often uses words that you never thought existed, some readers if not most readers may decide to have a dictionary at an arms length whilst reading ...