The Fry Chronicles

<p><b>Spanning 1979-1987, <i>The Fry Chronicles</i> charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. <br><br> </b>'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' <i>The Times</i><br><br> 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' <i>Observer</i><br><br> 'Arguably the greatest living Englishman' <i>Independent on Sunday</i><br><br> 'Extremely enjoyable' <i>Sunday Times<br> </i><br> 'Fry's linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>Welcome to Stephen Fry's <i>The Fry Chronicles</i>, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading.<br><br><br>Stephen Fry's film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written, produced, directed, acted in or presented productions as varied as <i>Wilde</i>, the TV series <i>Blackadder </i>and <i>Jeeves and Wooster</i>, the sketch show <i>A Bit of Fry & Laurie</i>, the panel game <i>QI</i>, the radio series <i>Fry's English Delight </i>and documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression, disappearing animals and the United States of America. He's also the bestselling author of four novels - <i>The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus </i>and <i>The Liar - </i>as well as a volume of autobiography, <i>Moab is My Washpot</i>, and sundry works of non-fiction.</p> <p><b>Spanning 1979-1987, <i>The Fry Chronicles</i> charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. <br><br> </b>'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' <i>The Times</i><br><br> 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' <i>Observer</i><br><br> 'Arguably the greatest living Englishman' <i>Independent on Sunday</i><br><br> 'Extremely enjoyable' <i>Sunday Times<br> </i><br> 'Fry's linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>Welcome to Stephen Fry's <i>The Fry Chronicles</i>, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading.<br><br><br>Stephen Fry's film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written, produced, directed, acted in or presented productions as varied as <i>Wilde</i>, the TV series <i>Blackadder </i>and <i>Jeeves and Wooster</i>, the sketch show <i>A Bit of Fry & Laurie</i>, the panel game <i>QI</i>, the radio series <i>Fry's English Delight </i>and documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression, disappearing animals and the United States of America. He's also the bestselling author of four novels - <i>The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus </i>and <i>The Liar - </i>as well as a volume of autobiography, <i>Moab is My Washpot</i>, and sundry works of non-fiction.</p>