Born in Liverpool, the only child of Communist parents, Alexei moved to London in 1971 to attend Chelsea Art School. He became the first MC of the Comedy Store and later the Comic Strip. After years of stand-up, television, sitcoms, films and even a hit single, he published his first highly acclaimed collection of short stories. Barcelona Plates was followed by The Dog Catcher, two novels: Overtaken and The Weeping Women Hotel and a novella, Mister Roberts. The first volume of Alexei”s memoirs was Stalin Ate My Homework.alexeisayle.me
6 Ebooks tarafından Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle: Mister Roberts
Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky. On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul. Only …
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Alexei Sayle: Weeping Women Hotel
‘A funny, frightening book that is also refreshingly bonkers’ Guardian ‘A brilliant writer…a great novelist’ Richard and Judy Northern girl Harriet lives and works on a London estate which is a bat …
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Alexei Sayle: Thatcher Stole My Trousers
”Enlightening … Funny, smart, original and provocative … It is hard to imagine the stalwarts of Mock the Week recognising the Druze militia leader Walid Jumblatt in a London cinema” NEW STATESMAN …
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€13.20
Alexei Sayle: Alexei Sayle”s Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Alexei Sayle reveals his true vocation: proprietor of an imaginary sandwich shop. Blending politics, comedy, philosophy and memoir, this is the Godfather of Alternative Comedy at his most anarchic an …
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€8.21
Martyn Bedford & Kate Clanchy: Protest
Whatever happened to British protest? For a nation that brought the world Chartism, the Suffragettes, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and so many other grassroots social movements, Britain rarely celebrates i …
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€8.34
Dinesh Allirajah & Artur Becker: ReBerth
The six European port cities known as the Cities on the Edge Liverpool, Bremen, Gdansk, Istanbul, Marseilles and Naples – share a history of dissent, diversity and economic reinvention. Once gateways …
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