More Fool Me

Стивен Фрай приглашает читателей взглянуть на историю его жизни в книге "Дури еще хватает". Стивен Фрай - писатель, комик, звезда сцены и экрана. Сочиняя и записываясь днем, а по ночам посещая нескончаемую череду вечеринок знаменитостей, питейных заведений и игр в покер, в нелепом и впечатляющем акте бравады он одурачил всех, кроме самых близких ему людей, некоторые из которых с удовольствием танцевали с ним в одном танце. Он был - во всех смыслах и целях - высокофункциональным наркоманом. Ярко блистая и дико веселясь, когда 80-е сменились 90-ми, СПИД превратился в эпидемию, а политика стала по-настоящему отвратительной, он был так занят, так отвлечен светской жизнью, что едва ли мог предвидеть неизбежный, стремительный крах, который непременно должен был последовать. "Дури еще хватает" - блестящий, красноречивый рассказ, содержащий откровенные, зажигательные выдержки из его дневников того времени, раскрывающий сторону, которую он долгое время скрывал. Книга на английском языке. Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Fool Me. 'Oh dear I am an arse. I expect there'll be what I believe is called an "intervention" soon. I keep picturing it. All my friends bearing down on me and me denying everything until my pockets are emptied. Oh the shame' In his early thirties, Stephen Fry - writer, comedian, star of stage and screen - had, as they say, 'made it'. Much loved in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, The Liar, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him. What could possibly go wrong? Then, as the 80s drew to a close, he discovered a most enjoyable way to burn the candle at both ends, and took to excess like a duck to breadcrumbs. Writing and recording by day, and haunting a never ending series of celebrity parties, drinking dens, and poker games by night, in a ludicrous and impressive act of bravado, he fooled all those except the very closest to him, some of whom were most enjoyably engaged in the same dance. He was - to all intents and purposes - a high functioning addict. Blazing brightly and partying wildly as the 80s turned to the 90s, AIDS became an epidemic and politics turned really nasty, he was so busy, so distracted by the high life, that he could hardly see the inevitable, headlong tumble that must surely follow...Containing raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, More Fool Me is a brilliant, eloquent account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden. 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. He also presented Stephen Fry: The...