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David Mitchell: Back Story
David Mitchell: Back Story | David Mitchell
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David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life.
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Cathy_J
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I quite like David Mitchell so I listened to the audio book of his memoir to hear it told in his own voice. Describing his childhood and rise to fame I found it interesting, insightful and of course at times very funny ⭐⭐⭐

Godpants Watching Peep Show right now. I‘ll have to check this one out! 4y
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Back Story: A Memoir | David Mitchell
Mehso-so

His childhood seemed more amusing than adulthood via his memoir. But this is probably the case with anybody going into adulthood. Best if you know the Author so you can hear his voice as you read it.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Favourite audiobook for #RiotGrams because who wouldn‘t have an amazing time listening to David Mitchell (the comedian not the author) relate his life story?

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CarolynM
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#AdelesMayMashUp #ChasingPavements

David Mitchell uses the framework of his walks around the streets of London to tell the story of his life. It is as entertaining as you would expect and delightfully sweet in the chapter about his wife.

MrsMalaprop Oooh, my husband might like this one. 6y
vkois88 Sounds interesting! 6y
BookaholicNatty This looks good. I love humor mixed in a memoir type book! 6y
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Wandering_Jess
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This quote really made me laugh. He was talking about the comedy/sketch writing process where the group of writers get together to work on their material.

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Libby1
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Lola cat couldn't get enough of this book this morning!

One of the joys of having a second hand book is thinking about the mystery of who had it first. Why? And why did they discard it?

Essentially, like this book's title, what is this book's back story?

Lola certainly likes the smell of whoever last owned it!

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RealBooks4ever Lola approves of your choice! 😻I too wonder about the history of used books! What did the prior readers think of it? 📖 7y
Libby1 @RealBooks4ever - I know! Did they give it away because they didn't like it? ☹️ Were they moving? 🚚 Did they die? ☠️ It will forever be a mystery. 7y
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SamLBooks
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13/52 Reading challenge. Was happy to gain a little insight to one of my favorite comedians. I couldn't help but hear his voice as I read!

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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So, this is the only memoir I own... I'm generally all fiction, all the time but I had to listen to this one - I love all the panel shows that David Mitchell appears on - from Would I Lie To You, Q.I, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Was It Something I Said?... so this didn't feel like too big of a leap for me... #memorablememoirs #booktober

LauraBrook Love David Mitchell! 7y
rabbitprincess David Mitchell features in my favourite episode of QI: the one with "Rodney Bewes". I love the tangents he goes on! 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @rabbitprincess, his tangents are the best! Have you seen any Big Fat Quiz? He's great on the episodes he's in. 7y
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rabbitprincess @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Not yet! I'll have to check that out! 7y
Centique I love him so much on Would I Lie To You. He and Lee Mack make me laugh more than anyone else I've ever seen 😂😂 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @rabbitprincess, they're on YouTube in their entirety... 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Centique, they are so good together! 😂☺️😂 7y
Carol I'll always think of him as Ginger to Webb's Sir Right Chicken Caesar! 😂😂😂 7y
Carol Digby. Omg autocorrect 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Carol, I'm not sure which part autocorrected 😂 I haven't seen any of his sketches (I'll have to ask YouTube later) 7y
Carol LOL search for That Mitchell & Webb Look and specifically The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar. 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Carol, and my nemesis some bastard who is presumably responsible 😂 7y
Carol Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssss!!!! Do you smell sausage rolls? 7y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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If you haven't experienced the joy that is David Mitchell having a logic based rant - head to YouTube! I'm addicted to British Panel Shows (and David Mitchell has been on many - including Q.I, Would I Lie To You and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year) so a memoir that he reads practically bought itself 😍 #impulseboughtbook #augustphotochallenge

GuiltyFeat He gets bonus points for marrying Victoria Coren who hosts the best quiz show on TV. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lskhg 8y
TeR He's pretty funny 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @GuiltyFeat, he speaks about Victoria in his book! It's very sweet ☺️ 8y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @GuiltyFeat, I didn't know she hosted a quiz show! Hopefully some of its made its way onto YouTube 😊 8y
Carol 😍😍 I must acquire this! 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Carol, I loved it! So, 1000% agree that you should acquire! 8y
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