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 This is your Life - John O'Farrell
Newest Review: ... his life and the rest of the story takes you on a journey with Jimmy as he gets the fame that his letters were to prepare him ... more  ... for. The story then switches to the scene in the pub as a means to start the ball rolling.
This is a very funny story with some real laugh out loud moments and if a book can make me laugh out loud whilst sat in a café then it must be getting something very right. I have read a few books that have adopted this style of giving you an idea of the outcome and then detailing the events leading up to it and I must say that in most cases it does work especially as the reader still has the enjoyment of finding out what act...more |
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This is your Life - John O'Farrell: Fame without using sex? (1164 words)
by - written on 06/01/07 (Very useful, 173 readings)
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Lots of people keep a diary in their early years only to discover it years later and cringe with embarrassment when they read their juvenile ramblings; well for Jimmy Conway things were a little different. So confident was he as a youngster that he would grow up to be incredibly famous and wealthy that he wrote himself a series of letters imparting words of wisdom on how he should handle his fame. So confident was he in fact that one of the letters focused solely on how he should handle himself when the big red book is thrust in front of his face and the well known words “Jimmy Conway this is your life” are spoken. The problem is that sat in the pub with ... Read the complete review
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