Read the North West
The books listed here are all strongly linked to the North West region. Most are set in the region while some, such as poetry titles, venture beyond the boundaries but are written by writers inspired by the region. Use the right hand column to search for writers by keyword, genre or A to Z of authors.
Book of the week
- Title:
- The Sound of Laughter
- Author:
- Peter Kay
- Genre:
- Biography
- Publishing Details:
- Century, 2006
ISBN: 1846051614 - Description:
- These vivid observations of Bolton’s favourite comedian, coupled with a kind of nostalgia that never fails to grab his audience’s shared understanding, have earned comparisons with Alan Bennett and Ronnie Barker. In many ways, he’s an old fashioned kind of comedian and the scope and enormity of his fanbase reflects this. He doesn’t tell jokes about politics or sex, but rather rejoices in the far funnier areas of life: elderly relatives and answering machines, dads dancing badly at weddings, garlic bread and cheesecake, your mum’s HRT...His autobiography is full of this kind of humour and nostalgia, beginning with Kay’s first ever driving lesson, taking him back through his Bolton childhood, the numerous jobs he held after school and leading up until the time he passed his driving test and found fame.
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