The Stars' Tennis Balls
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  • Published: 7 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407012599
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 0 min
  • Narrator: Stephen Fry
  • RRP: $22.99
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The Stars' Tennis Balls

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1 Aug 2011
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7 Oct 2010
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'We are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and banded / Which way please them' (The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster) Pure Stephen Fry, this is the story of Ned Maddstone, a very nice young man who is about to find out just what hell it is to be one of the stars' tennis balls.

For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete. But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change for ever. Things are going to get very bad indeed for innocent young Ned. A promise made to a dying teacher and a spiteful trick played by fellow pupils will rocket Ned from cricket captain to solitary confinement, from head boy to hell. When Ned emerges he is a man bent on just one thing - revenge; and revenge is a dish he plans to savour and serve to those who conspired against him. Part love story, part thriller, a gloriously rich mix that only Stephen Fry can dish up to us, The Stars' Tennis Balls will leave you happy and replete.
  • Published: 7 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407012599
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 0 min
  • Narrator: Stephen Fry
  • RRP: $22.99
Categories:

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Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence, went on to study English Literature at Queen's College, Cambridge. As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in Peter's Friends, Wilde in the film Wilde, Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the television series Fry & Laurie. More recently, he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. Before it was announced that Fry would retire as moderator, his legions of fans tuned in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week.

Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director.

He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as Captain Melchett in Blackadder.

More recently he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. His legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week.

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