Help

Simon Amstell

Sep 2017 · Vintage Digital · Narrated by Simon Amstell

About this audiobook

Random House Audiobooks presents the audiobook of HELP. Read by Simon Amstell and packed full of live recordings taken from his stand up tours.

COMEDY, TRAGEDY, THERAPY

Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of thirteen. His parents had just divorced and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything.

Read by Simon Amstell, and interspersed with live recordings from his stand up tours, HELP is the hilarious and heartbreaking account of Simon’s ongoing compulsion to reveal his entire self on stage. To tell the truth so it can’t hurt him any more. Loneliness, anxiety, depression – this book has it all. And more.

From a complicated childhood in Essex to an Ayahuasca-led epiphany in the Amazon rainforest, this story will make you laugh, cry and then feel happier than you’ve ever been.

‘A beautiful and clever book about being human. All the warmth of his comedy without the inconvenience of his face.’ - Russell Brand

'Hard to imagine anyone not loving this... go Simon Amstell!' - Stephen Fry

‘Amstell is a likable, self-deprecating guide to his own flaws, and has spent enough time in therapy to dissect his own navel-gazing with a nicely dry self-awareness.’ Observer

Ratings and reviews

I was looking for a self book about being down. This was accidentally in the search because of title. It is LMAO Funny, Jaw dropping, Extremely honest, Unique, Did I write Funny. There are moments that you'll feel empathy for him or the situation he talks about. If your uptight when hearing anything to do with sex or homophobic don't buy it. I'm Bi sexual so I'm fine with it. I would of gave it 5 stars but I haven't finished it yet. Will make adjustments ether way after finishing it.

About the author

Simon Amstell is a comedian, screenwriter and director. 2017 sees his first feature-length film, Carnage, and his latest stand-up tour, What is This?

He has previously written and starred in the television series Grandma's House, and his past stand-up tours include To Be Free, Numb and Do Nothing.

He also hosted some popular television programmes but he is now too pretentious to list them here.