White Male Stand-Up

18.99 JOD

Available on: 2025-09-09 at 3:00 am

Description

Following Just Ignore Him, the bestselling memoir of his traumatic childhood, White Male Stand-Up is what happened next to Alan Davies. It’s the story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.With a cast of well-known comedians, actors, agents and producers, Alan awkwardly navigates his life from the camaraderie of the comedy circuit via life-changing fame as TV’s Jonathan Creek, to the unwelcome realisation that most people know him from a bank advert and think he’s had a perm.Written thoughtfully and with brutal honesty, it’s a story of uplifting highs and painful lows, of success and excess, and the dangers of both. How Alan Davies survived it – and very nearly didn’t – is the compelling story of White Male Stand Up.

Additional information

Dimensions 15.3 × 23.4 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language
Pages

320

Publisher
Year Published

2025-9-9

Imprint
Edition Number

1970-1-1

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1800962584

About The Author

Alan Davies is a comedian, writer and actor, best known for starring in the hit BBC series Jonathan Creek and for his regular appearances as a panellist on QI.

Review Quote

A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's story-telling take the breath away

Other text

A brave and startlingly honest memoir by one of the country's best-loved comedians and the bestselling author of Just Ignore Him.