The UK's best loved illusionist takes us on a journey to the centre of his brain
Derren was born in 1971 in Croydon. A precocious and puzzling only
child, he liked to paint, foster obsessive habits and once set fire
to a neighbour's boat by accident. Derren went to study Law and
German at Bristol University and fell in love with the city. In
1999 he was asked by Channel 4 to put a mind-reading programme
together for television, which became Derren Brown- Mind Control.
It was an immediate success and gained Derren a cool underground
kudos.
Mind Controls 2 and 3 followed, then a series, and then in October
2003 Derren caused an international furore by playing Russian
Roulette live on television. This secured his notoriety with the
public and his big apartment in London. Further specials have
followed - Derren Brown- The Seance which was the most complained
about show in the history of television. He still gets several
letters of complaint a week from psychics and Christians. He is
sensitive to everyone's objections but knows at least the latter
group will forgive him.
Derren's workload keeps him exhausted and irritable fifty-two weeks
a year and he continues to live in London with a large collection
of taxidermy and a fatalistic parrot. He spends any free weekends
painting and likes to receive gifts.
There are certain things you know you want from a particular
autobiography. The stuff you neither hope for nor expect - that's
the author's real gift of self. Derren Brown - who reads his
'Confessions of a Conjuror' with the same elegance and warmth he
brings to his mindboggling performances. The audio is a rich and
easy joy from beginning to end.
*Time Out*
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