My Struggle

by Paul Merton

In this spoof of the showbiz autobiography genre, Paul Merton writes of an East End childhood, the last days of the music halls, Pinewood, success in the Sixties, hard times, depression, wives, and a rise to the heady heights of success.

Genres: Comedy, Humor, Autobiography

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Bethany Mattocks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really funny and interesting, have read the autobiography and now it’s funny to read a fake one, pretty cool idea!

[Tim · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this because, first of all, I am a fan of Merton's humour and second, some Guardian reader commenting under a review of Merton's new, genuine, autobiography, mentioned this, a spoof autobiography by Merton from about 20 years ago, and said it was very funny.

It isn't.

I read about half, doggedly, before remembering my principle that life is too short to waste on crap books, even if they're by people you like.