So, Anyway...

Vivid, ridiculously entertaining, and, at times, explosively funny... Cleese is a master of crisp comic prose: his elegant syntax and sudden absurdities would have PG Wodehouse raising a martini glass. So, Anyway... glows with fairness, kindness, gentleness and loyalty.

Nicholas Barber, Sunday Express

Vivid, ridiculously entertaining, and, at times, explosively funny... Cleese is a master of crisp comic prose: his elegant syntax and sudden absurdities would have PG Wodehouse raising a martini glass. So, Anyway... glows with fairness, kindness, gentleness and loyalty.

Nicholas Barber, Sunday Express

Told with considerable charm and a refreshing amount of candour, the story is one of a vulnerable soul gradually finding a degree of security from behind a carapace of cutting wit... Remarkably warm and generous.

Graham McCann, Times Literary Supplement

So, Anyway. breaks away from the shallow conventions of the famous person's autobiography... The result is a book that is frequently hilarious, occasionally lyrical and always thoughtful. It is a fine and funny achievement.

Herald

John Cleese’s memoir is just about everything one would expect of its author – smart, thoughtful, provocative and above all funny… A picture, if you will, of the artist as a young man.

Washington Post

Left me wiping away tears.

Helen Brown, Sunday Telegraph

So, Anyway… breaks away from the shallow conventions of the famous person's autobiography... The result is a book that is frequently hilarious, occasionally lyrical and always thoughtful. It is a fine and funny achievement.

Herald

[Cleese's] unrelenting charm and crisp wit make this the hilarious memoir fans expected. The book might as well be coated in glue, as it proves tricky to put down.

UK Press Syndication

Like having a long lunch with an amiable, slightly loony uncle. Who also happens to be John Cleese.

Michael Ian Black, New York Times

This is required reading for his fans.

Lady

Left me wiping away tears.

Helen Brown, Sunday Telegraph

John Cleese's memoir is just about everything one would expect of its author - smart, thoughtful, provocative and above all funny. A picture, if you will, of the artist as a young man.

Washington Post

This is required reading for his fans.

Lady

Like having a long lunch with an amiable, slightly loony uncle. Who also happens to be John Cleese.

Michael Ian Black, New York Times

[Cleese's] unrelenting charm and crisp wit make this the hilarious memoir fans expected. The book might as well be coated in glue, as it proves tricky to put down.

UK Press Syndication

Told with considerable charm and a refreshing amount of candour, the story is one of a vulnerable soul gradually finding a degree of security from behind a carapace of cutting wit... Remarkably warm and generous.

Graham McCann, Times Literary Supplement

An upfront and hilarious account of the comedy legend's early years.

Choice Magazine

An upfront and hilarious account of the comedy legend's early years.

Choice Magazine