Happyslapped by a Jellyfish: The Words of Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington

okt 2007. · Prodaje Penguin

O ovoj e-knjizi

A collection of hilarious and compelling insights and anecdotes, diary entries, poems, 'true' facts and cartoons on travel from The Rick Gervais Show’s unlikely star, Karl Pilkington.

This is the travel book for people who don't particularly like travelling. It’s Pilkington with a suitcase, occasionally with his passport, more often with a bemused suspicion of anything vaguely exotic, and always with an observant eye for the disappointments, tedium, and general absurdity of being a tourist abroad and at home. From staring at Mount Vesuvius in case it erupts, to enduring the horrors of a Lanzarote nudist beach, to exploring the curiosities to be seen in the world's weirdest museum, Pilkington’s stories are told with his inimitable deadpan humor. And they’re always interspersed with fond reflections on life back in England, from Salford joy riders to what his girlfriend's mum and dad have for dinner on a Thursday (it's chops and veg, in case you're wondering).

O autoru

As a hospital radio DJ, Karl Pilkington filled news bulletins with strange-but-true stories and used the transmitter to broadcast pirate radio, for which he was sacked. He then moved to Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio, where he hosted a late-night show filled with impenetrably cryptic puzzles. Next was XFM in London, where he was producer and later a star of XFM’s Ricky Gervais Show, a forerunner of the legendary world-record-breaking podcasts.