{"product_id":"9781800962576","title":"White Male Stand-Up","description":"Author: Alan Davies\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781800962576\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Octopus\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Waterstones Best Books of 2025 List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly  good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' STEPHEN FRY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest.  I was totally engrossed\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003eAMY LIPTROT\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Outrun\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Really honest and really funny' Lorraine Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003eJust Ignore Him\u003c\/i\u003e, the bestselling memoir of his traumatic childhood, \u003ci\u003eWhite Male Stand-Up\u003c\/i\u003e is what happened next to Alan Davies.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a cast of well-known comedians, actors, agents and producers, Alan awkwardly navigates his life from the camaraderie of the comedy circuit via life-changing fame as TV's \u003ci\u003eJonathan Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, to the unwelcome realisation that most people know him from a bank advert and think he's had a perm.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften very funny and always honest, this very personal memoir is a rich tale of uplifting highs and painful lows, of success and excess, and the dangers of both. How Alan Davies survived it - and very nearly didn't - is the compelling tale of \u003ci\u003eWhite Male Stand Up\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47860686946462,"sku":"ADS-9781800962576","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781800962576.jpg?v=1781570662","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781800962576","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}