MICHAEL PALIN is a scriptwriter, comedian, novelist, television presenter, actor and playwright. He established his reputation with Monty Python's Flying Circus and Ripping Yarns. His work also includes several films with Monty Python, as well as The Missionary, A Private Function, A Fish Called Wanda, American Friends and Fierce Creatures. His television credits include two films for the BBC's Great Railway Journeys, the plays East of Ipswich and Number 27, and Alan Bleasdale's GBH.
In 2006 the first volume of his diaries, 1969-1979: The Python Years, became an international bestseller. He has also written books to accompany his seven very successful travel series, Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Hemingway Adventure, Sahara, Himalaya and New Europe. He is the author of a number of children's stories, the play The Weekend and the novel Hemingway's Chair.
"A satisfying if sometimes-dark read for Palin's many fans. Those
interested in the inner workings of showbiz will find much of
value, too." --Kirkus Reviews"The continuing chronicles of Palin
will be of interest to Python fans, Anglophiles, and anyone who has
interest in the cultural world of the 1990s, as they provide
delightful reading and time well spent with a fascinating and
perceptive man." --Library JournalPraise for Michael Palin's first
diary, They Python Years: "A man as intelligent and witty as Palin
is worth the effort of getting to know." --The Washington Post on
The Python Years
"Palin has a novelist's eye for character and detail, and his
observations of the entertainment world, filmmaking, his family
relationships, and such external details as politics, current
events, travel, and the weather are written with style and a
distinctly subtle wit that gives this rich volume the drive of an
epistolary novel" --Library Journal"Pythonphiles will find this
essential, of course. But fans of good writing should dip into
these pages, too, for Palin--Michael, not Sarah--knows his way
around a book." --Kirkus Reviews on The Python Years"For Palin it
has been one hell of a ride, but he seems to have maintained
equilibrium all along the way. . . . In sum, it's tempting to call
him a Renaissance Man. But that, as any Pythonite would be quick to
tell you, would be silly." --Jonathan Yardley Washington Post Book
World on The Python Years"Michael Palin is not just one of
Britain's foremost comedy character actors, he also talks a lot.
Yap, yap, yap he goes, all day long and through the night . . .
then, some nights, when everyone else has gone to bed, he goes home
and writes up a diary." --John Cleese on The Python Years"Charming
and at times revelatory . . . A voice of (relative sanity) in the
eye of a comedic storm, Palin paints so vivid a picture that the
reader becomes a Python by proxy." --The New York Times Book Review
on The Python Years"It is terrifically good: funny, astute, and
wonderfully written. . . ." --The Boston Globe on The Python
Years"This combination of niceness, with his natural volubility,
creates Palin's expansiveness." --David Baddiel, The Times (London)
on The Python Years, The Times"A real delight to read." --Saga
Magazine (UK) on The Python Years"His showbiz observations are so
absorbing. . . . Palin is an elegant and engaging writer."
--William Cook, The Guardian (UK) on The Python Years"A wealth of
fascinating stuff about Monty Python." --The Independent (UK) on
The Python Years"Our favourite TV explorer shows us the workings of
an unstoppable machine." --Daily Express (UK) on The Python Years"A
riveting commentary to a remarkably creative decade." --Academy
(UK) on The Python Years
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