& the next we see him coping with prison, having stolen some credit cards from some very nice people and forged their signatures.īut don't worry (here comes a spoiler. lessons (non-Brits won't understand.), coming to terms with his sexuality, struggling to understand maths, etc. Moab is a classic Black-Sheep story. A dishonorable schoolboy who can't help but steal, cheat and lye, Fry is a terribly insecure yet highly intelligent little brat who finds himself entangled in one 'plot' after the other: One moment we find him manifesting his hatred for P.E. In Moab is My Washpot (Excerpt Reader devotees can catch up with an excerpt from the book here ) Fry covers the first 20 years of his life, from cradle to college, so to speak. Thirteen years after he's published Moab is My Washpot, the first chapter in his Memoirs, Stephen Fry returns with a sequel, The Fry Chronicles.
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Though he's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (Fry suffered a nervous breakdown in 1995 while appearing in a West End play.) Fry has managed to publish 10 books thus far (amongst which one can find four novels, several non-fiction works and two volumes of autobiography.) He's also narrated countless audiobooks (amongst which, J.K.Rowling 's Harry Potter series of audio books, Douglas Adams 's The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy audiobook, and, of course, his own novels' audiobooks.) His voice has been featured in a number of video games.Īll this without mentioning his rich acting career: Theatre, Radio, Film - these are no strangers to Stephen Fry.
The man isn't considered a `National Treasure' in vain, after all. Indeed, there's not much Fry hasn't done over the past 30 years or so. Īnd yet, judging by Fry's relentless efforts to try and have himself explained to his audience (while simultaneously avoiding any classification and throwing sand in everybody's eyes, as it were) it seems as if the 54 year old actor, writer, journalist, comedian, television presenter, film director and director of Norwich City Football Club (is there anything Fry hasn't put his hand into? Oops! double meaning.) is doing everything he can in order to make that introduction a necessary factor of every (chance or not) encounter! So begins a recent Guardian Books coverage of Fry's latest installement in what is shaping up to be a multi-tome autobiography. " That Stephen Fry needs no introduction is what he has always wanted."
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