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Tommy Cooper : Always Leave Them Laughing: the Definitive Biography of a Comedy Legend
by Fisher, John
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0007215118
- ISBN 13
- 9780007215119
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HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Synopsis
The first ever intimate portrait of Britain’s best-loved, but little known, comedy entertainer. Fully authorised, and written by Cooper’s friend and colleague John Fisher.More than just a comedian, Tommy Cooper was a born entertainer. Working in a golden age of British comedy, Cooper stood – literally – head and shoulders above the crowd, and had a magical talent for humour that defied description. But there was a man behind the laughter that few people saw. John Fisher was Cooper's friend and colleague and witnessed first-hand the moments of self-doubt and inadequacy that contrasted with the genial exterior. Until his tragic death on live television in 1984, Tommy Cooper lived in constant fear of the day he would be found out by his audience. He could never accept the accolades that came so thick and fast from every direction, and died to the sounds of laughter that he never really believed.Supplementing his own intimate knowledge with material accessed for the first time from the archives of Cooper's agent and manager, Miff Ferrie, and with the full co-operation of the Cooper family, John Fisher's warm, honest and insightful writing skilfully brings alive the man behind the comedic mask in this definitive biography of a comedy legend.
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- Better World Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21366619-20
- Title
- Tommy Cooper : Always Leave Them Laughing: the Definitive Biography of a Comedy Legend
- Author
- Fisher, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007215118
- ISBN 13
- 9780007215119
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- September 28, 2007
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