The Devil Rides Out
  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780553824636
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $24.99
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The Devil Rides Out

Wickedly funny and painfully honest stories from Paul O’Grady

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15 Sep 2010
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15 Jul 2011
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The number one bestseller, now in paperback...

Birkenhead, 1973. The eighteen-year-old Paul O'Grady gets ready for a big Saturday night out on the town. New white T-shirt, freshly ironed jeans, looking good. As he bids farewell to his mum, who's on the phone to his auntie, and wanders off down the street in a cloud of aftershave, he hears her familiar cry: 'Oh, the devil rides out tonight, Annie. The devil rides out!'

The further adventures of Paul O'Grady - following on from the million-copy-selling At My Mother's Knee - are, if anything, even more hilarious and outrageous than what has come before.To say that The Devil Rides Out is action-packed is an understatement. Its extraordinary cast of characters includes lords and ladies, the legendary Vera, a serial killer, more prostitutes than you can shake a stick at and drag queens of every shape and size. Wickedly funny, often moving, and searingly honest, Paul's tales of the unexpected will make your jaw drop and your hair stand on end. And you'll laugh like a drain. The Devil Rides Out is one hell of a read!
  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780553824636
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady first came to fame in the guise of Lily Savage, and was nominated for a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991. Lily later became a regular on This Morning, took over the bed on The Big Breakfast and presented Blankety Blank, but has now retired (reportedly). Paul, of course, went on to further success presenting his chat shows on Channel 4 and ITV, For the Love of Dogs and Animal Orphans on ITV, and his weekly show on BBC Radio 2, inter alia. His four volumes of autobiography - At My Mother's Knee, The Devil Rides Out, Still Standing and Open the Cage, Murphy - are all Sunday Times bestsellers.

Also by Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady's Country Life
Open the Cage, Murphy!
Still Standing
At My Mother's Knee...And Other Low Joints
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Praise for The Devil Rides Out

La Cage Aux Folles meets Withnail and I

The Sunday Times

Warm, moving and funny

Independent

It's sharply written, very self-aware and makes you laugh out loud

Mark Sanderson, Daily Telegraph

Laugh-out-loud moments ensue, as he paints a vivid picture of life in Birkenhead, involving colourful characters. Paul's alter ego Lily Savage makes her first appearance and there are many jaw-dropping tales

Prima

A wonderfully evocative writer

Janet Street-Porter, Daily Mail

Genuinely gripping and fascinating sequel to O'Grady's first volume of celebrity memoir

The Sunday Times

He writes so well, and takes you so skilfully into disparate Merseyside and London subcultures

John Dugdale, Guardian

Far and away the best writer of the lot... his turn of phrase is a joy

The Sunday Times

Even funnier and more touching than the million-selling first volume. I defy anyone not to enjoy this book

Jilly Cooper, Daily Telegraph

Strikingly original, a rewarding read whether or not you're a big O'Grady fan already

David Sexton, London Evening Standard

If you only buy one celeb memoir this year, make it this one

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