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How to Be Narstie
Politics, drugs, race, Poundland – Big Narstie tackles all the important topics in this hilarious part-memoir, part-guide to his world. " This book is for da real Gs and ladies. Thing is, I could tell you I’m a grime pioneer, a successful media mogul and one of Britain’s most recognised personalities, but like I always say — men lie, women lie, numbers don’t. So here’s some numbers. 3: that’s how many days man lasted at a posh all-boys’ school before getting kicked out. 25: my schoolteacher told me I’d be dead or in prison by that age (cheers cuz). 6: the number of awards I’ve got for my music and TV work so far. 15,000: the crowd size I was performing to ninety minutes after leaving my dad’s funeral. 144%: that’s how much The Big Narstie Show increased Channel 4’s black audience. Then there’s 34. That’s the age, now, where I’m gonna tell you some of my story and show you how you can change yours. I won’t tell you how to live your life. Although, well, I might a little how to survive school and college, how to get a job, how to deal with family, friends, love and PAIN. How to live your own life, not someone else’s. How to be Narstie."
288 pages, Paperback
Published July 15, 2021
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May 23, 2021
A good read - really easy going all the way through. 13 chapters and the telling of his life, careers and learns throughout. Each chapter had an overall theme and his life told progressed.
June 9, 2021
Fantastic book with some hilarious insights into the world according to Big Narstie
May 4, 2021
😲
Quite a Frank but funny telling of Big Narsties life to date.
Childhood and adulthood. Some funny some serious. All lessons learnt. All the ups and downs. A no holds barred insight into what it was like growing up. The sacrifices he saw his mother make when his parents split. The games his father would play to try and get Narstie and his brother to choose to stay with him instead. The money play that neither of them chose their father and instead chose to stay with their 'poor' mother.
All in all, a very insightful read albeit not very in depth. Or maybe it was I just wanted more 😂😊.
Quite a Frank but funny telling of Big Narsties life to date.
Childhood and adulthood. Some funny some serious. All lessons learnt. All the ups and downs. A no holds barred insight into what it was like growing up. The sacrifices he saw his mother make when his parents split. The games his father would play to try and get Narstie and his brother to choose to stay with him instead. The money play that neither of them chose their father and instead chose to stay with their 'poor' mother.
All in all, a very insightful read albeit not very in depth. Or maybe it was I just wanted more 😂😊.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews