Micky Flanagan is one of Britain's best-loved cheeky-chappy comedians,thanks to his stand-up routines about how he's gone from growing up in London's East End in the 1970s to his life now in middle-class suburbia. To date he has two sell-out tours under his belt,nominations from the British Comedy Awards and the Edinburgh Fringe (for Best Comedy Newcomer),not to mention regular stints on 8 Out of 10 Cats,Mock the Week and The Last Leg,as well as guest appearances on The Jonathan Ross Show,Alan Carr: Chatty Man,The Graham Norton Show and The One Show. Yet a career as a professional comedian was not something that he had ever dreamed of when,as a troublesome teen,he left school aged 15 to work in a fish market.Abi Smith looks at how Micky,who was laughed at by his teachers when he said he wanted to be a vet,has triumphed from his early days working as a fish porter in the East End and as a dishwasher in New York.In this page-turning biography you'll also discover why his mum labelled him a drama queen,and how he tried his hand at various professions-including trainee teacher and painter and decorator-before having the last laugh by becoming one of the country's most popular funny men. So,pour yourself a cup of Rosie Lee,take the weight off your plates and prepare for a right giraffe as you read this engaging tale of'an East Boy done good'.
Publisher: John Blake Publishing LtdISBN: 9781784180027Number of pages: 288Dimensions: 198 x 126 mm
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