{"product_id":"tough-crowd","title":"Tough Crowd","description":"\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"50ee5c2b-876d-ede2-bbb4-f9d5aa765ac5\"]' data-w-id=\"50ee5c2b-876d-ede2-bbb4-f9d5aa765ac5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A must-read. Funny and utterly compelling’ Jonathan Ross\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"85207ddd-2110-60b5-0d3a-cdc6436ad073\" data-wf-id='[\"85207ddd-2110-60b5-0d3a-cdc6436ad073\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eHaving cut his teeth in music journalism, Graham Linehan became the finest sitcom writer of his generation. He captured the comedy zeitgeist not just as the co-creator of \u003cem data-w-id=\"013d400c-6cb6-898c-10d3-54c88c4ccd10\" data-wf-id='[\"013d400c-6cb6-898c-10d3-54c88c4ccd10\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eFather Ted\u003c\/em\u003e but also with \u003cem data-w-id=\"f9d4a1fd-4703-e9d0-39eb-06263ce173eb\" data-wf-id='[\"f9d4a1fd-4703-e9d0-39eb-06263ce173eb\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eThe IT Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-w-id=\"8c94ee76-07d3-d283-58bd-6460a2822468\" data-wf-id='[\"8c94ee76-07d3-d283-58bd-6460a2822468\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eBlack Books, \u003c\/em\u003ewinning\u003cem data-w-id=\"5f82e62c-34fb-dc75-4e0f-6261f5340ee0\" data-wf-id='[\"5f82e62c-34fb-dc75-4e0f-6261f5340ee0\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003efive Baftas and a lifetime achievement award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"d5acec7c-99dd-5569-a05e-f2cb43fcbea3\" data-wf-id='[\"d5acec7c-99dd-5569-a05e-f2cb43fcbea3\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eThen his life took an unexpected turn. When he championed an unfashionable cause, TV commissioners no longer returned his emails, showbiz pals lost his number and his marriage collapsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8e39f1ff-9d88-7a35-907b-14a543eeddde\" data-wf-id='[\"8e39f1ff-9d88-7a35-907b-14a543eeddde\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eIn an emotionally charged memoir that is by turns hilarious and harrowing, he lets us into the secrets of the writing room and colourfully describes the high-octane atmosphere of a sitcom set. But he also berates an industry where there was no one to stand by his side when he needed help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"fddabfea-abcd-693f-e562-f4a04447bb3c\" data-wf-id='[\"fddabfea-abcd-693f-e562-f4a04447bb3c\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eBruised but not beaten, he explains why he chose the hill of women and girls’ rights to die on – and why, despite the hardship of cancellation, he’s not coming down from it any time soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"fddabfea-abcd-693f-e562-f4a04447bb3c\" data-wf-id='[\"fddabfea-abcd-693f-e562-f4a04447bb3c\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A memoir full of humour and courage’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Perhaps nothing Linehan has ever written has been as important as this brilliant but often painful memoir’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eTough Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e contains a lot of fire and brimstone, but it is very entertaining’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Linehan’s memories of making \u003cem\u003eFather Ted\u003c\/em\u003e brim with verve and charm’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘If you want to know how a music writer from Dublin ended up as one of the most notable commentators in the gender wars, then you need to hear it from the man himself’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘One of the most entertaining new books I’ve read in a long time, in any genre’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpiked\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e‘Linehan’s is a story that calls out to be heard. To recommend it is to take a small stand’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Focus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e‘The saddest thing is that the very people who should read it, to hear the facts, probably won’t’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e‘One of the most compelling and unflinchingly honest memoirs I’ve read in many years. It’s also the funniest’ \u003cb\u003eAndrew Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e‘His brilliance in prose is the equal to his brilliance as a screenwriter’ \u003cb\u003eRichard Ayoade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e‘An extraordinary and chilling portrayal of cancel culture. Unputdownable’ \u003cb\u003eLissa Evans \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"fddabfea-abcd-693f-e562-f4a04447bb3c\" data-wf-id='[\"fddabfea-abcd-693f-e562-f4a04447bb3c\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHardback: 288pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Eye (October 2023)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785633065\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42258680414405,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/ToughCrowd2.jpg?v=1688661173","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/tough-crowd","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}