Murder Most Fab
  • Published: 1 May 2008
  • ISBN: 9780091914486
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $39.99
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Murder Most Fab

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A darkly hilarious debut novel from one of Britain's best-loved entertainers

Hello, I'm Johnny Debonair and this is my book - Murder Most Fab. Buy it. You won't regret it. Everything that has happened so publicly is explained. Of course, I'd prefer it if you remember me as I was at my height, before the past caught up with me so spectacularly - TV's Mr Friday Night with an enviable lifestyle and the nation at my feet. My fame might have looked easy to you at the time, but getting to the top of the celebrity ladder is hard work. It took talent, beauty, commitment and, uniquely in my case, a number of unfortunate deaths. If we were being picky you might describe me as a serial killer, but I really don't see myself that way. It sounds trite to say 'one thing led to another' but it's true.

As you'll discover I owe something of my rise and my fall to three individuals: my mother, an eccentric country girl who taught me exhibitionism by hanging naked from the clocktower of Hythe town hall; Catherine, my best friend, then partner in business ­- a devil in red heels, who, in her clear Essex accent, taught me how to 'look after number one'; and Timothy, who broke my heart and caused me to seek refuge in sex, money and celebrity.

But in the end you have to take responsibility for your own actions. No one was forcing me, were they? I hope you, the public, can forgive me and enjoy this sordid tale for what it is ­- my final entertainment for you.
  • Published: 1 May 2008
  • ISBN: 9780091914486
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $39.99
Categories:

About the author

Julian Clary

Julian Clary is a comedian, entertainer and novelist, who has toured across the world with his one-man shows. He became a household name in the late 1980s, and remains one of the country’s most popular (and least predictable) entertainers. Julian has appeared on numerous popular TV shows including Celebrity Big Brother (which he won), Strictly Come Dancing, This Morning, QI, Have I Got News For You and is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute. He has starred in West End productions of Taboo and Cabaret, and appears in panto most years – he loves wearing silly clothes and lots of make up! Julian also narrates the Little Princess children’s television series. He lives in London with his husband.

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Praise for Murder Most Fab

A very funny novel ... I couldn't put it down

Janet Street Porter, Marie Claire

Clary is a good writer ... A bit as you'd expect the author himself to be, Murder Most Fab has a dirty mouth and scant regard for morals but it is also very pleasant company

Louis Wise, Daily Express

Murder Most Fab is filthy, very funny and will be adored by his fans

Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard

With all the ingredients that made Clary a success, plus an extra-large helping of sinister storytelling, Murder Most Fab is viciously funny and deliciously salacious

Rob Dawson, Gay Times

Murder Most Fab is a slick page-turner, darkly funny, incongruously believable ... you are completely swept along by it

Chrissy Iley, Guardian

This debut novel is both a shock and rather shocking. Julian Clary does good fiction

Henry Sutton, Daily Mirror

Black comedy runs riot as a rent boy turns killer and then TV celebrity ... a hilarious dark ride

Heat Magazine

With his high camp and filthy humour, Clary is as entertaining on paper as he is on stage

Francesca Segal, Observer
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