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I, Partridge: We Need to Talk about Alan Paperback – January 1, 2011

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January 1, 2011
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (January 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0007449194
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007449194
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.02 x 0.94 x 9.21 inches

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Paul Stanley

OK, but I wish I'd got the audio book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 10, 2014

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This was a great, easy read. My family members found it quite strange that I would be reading a fictional autobiography! On the whole, it was a lot of fun. It's quite clear that it was written by multiple writers (4), and often reads like a collection of unconnected essays, but it does a tremendous job of exposing Alan's character flaws (does he have any aspect of his character that is not terribly flawed?). I didn't realize there's a Coogan-read audio book. If I'd have known, I would have gone for that instead - hearing the real Alan, rather than the one in my head would enhance the experience for sure.

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Corwin Haught

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TAZeisler

To Make a Funny Book Funnier

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 31, 2012

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I bought "I, Partridge" for Kindle, and tried several times to read it, and found I just could not get into it. Then I got the audio-book and have been listening to it for hours. Really, there is no better way to experience this book than by hearing it in "Alan's" own voice. It weaves the back-story of his birth, childhood and adulthood, his personal and professional life in a way that can only make you feel genuine pity (and concern for his mental well being.) It's perfect for any Partridge fan.

Update: Several months later, and I'm reading it on Kindle Fire HD, and I'm absolutely loving this book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 6, 2015

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Great book about a great (horrible, self-absorbed, etc.!) character that still deepens his awful, awful personality and sheds light on some of the most bizarre episodes of the fictional TV presenter gone graveyard local radio DJ's life (including his Toblerone addiction and the Dundee trip).

Highly recommended to fans of Alan Partridge - you need to have watched the original series!

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Paul H Janisch

As excruciating as Partridge is in the flesh

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2018

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The authors, yes there are three, have managed to capture Alan Partridge in print. You can easily imagine the real Partridge reading this to you.

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Donna M.

Hours and hours of Alan!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 3, 2011

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For fans of Steve Coogan, this is a must-have. Alan Partridge loves talking about Alan Partridge, and in these CD's we hear every detail of his life and career, starting with his difficult childhood (such horrific abuse!), his marriage and divorce, and his ups and downs (mostly the latter) in the world of broadcasting. An intelligent and hilarious profile of the totally self-absorbed Alan, read by the brilliant Steve Coogan, this is a welcome addition to anyone's Alan Partridge collection.

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Diane

Great Read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 1, 2019

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I recommend reading the book and keeping Alan's voice in your head. It make the book even more amusing. Brilliant!

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FloridaChillinMom

Not as good as anticipated

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2012

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I love this character and was prepared for hilarity when I read this book. It was a bit of a letdown. Some bits were good and funny, but it got very weak towards the end. There's a running "joke" about padding out the manuscript so that the book would meet the publisher's minimum length requirement. I started feeling like it wasn't a joke but a reality. Wouldn't really recommend it.

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Paul

Absolutely Hilarious!!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 22, 2022

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Without doubt the funniest and most laugh out loud book I have ever read! The level of satire is beyond genius!!!

luke scott

Back of the net

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on June 24, 2020

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One of the cleverest pieces of satire ever written. Every sentence is gold.

XenoShark

Ahhh Haaaaa!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 27, 2013

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Great book, very funny if you like his humor. Since Coogan also reads the audiobook version, I would recommend that as well. Bloody hilarious.

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Midgebear

Honest, Open...And Simply FUNNY

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 11, 2018

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The first thing you need to know about this book is that you are pretty much ambivalent about Alan Partridge and someone bought it for you, you are probably not going to enjoy it. This really is a book for the dedicated fans of Mr Alan Partridge Esq.,

This is a no holds barred, in depth autobiography of perhaps the greatest radio presenter, sports commentator, interviewer, petrolhead and music system aficionado that has ever graced Norfolk. It details his harrowing childhood with a distant mother and uncaring father. It covers the unremitting bullying he suffered at the juvenile hands of his fellow Norfolkian pupils (Alan "Fartridge"). All of which helped develop him into the broadcasting megastar he surely is.

Most importantly this covers his BBC years. The ill-fated "Knowing Me Knowing You" chat show that was never recommissioned despite being the saviour of BBC Two at the time. Most importantly we get to see the truth behind the infamous "Smell The Cheese" incident with commissioning editor, the late, Tony Hayers that was so heinously misrepresented in the Reality TV Show. We also get to witness, first hand, the break up of Alan's marriage to Carol and his estrangement from his children. Mr Partridge does not shy away form his demons and really does tell all about his Toblerone addiction in harrowing detail. You do wonder how he managed to survive all this and still Bounce Back, whilst having, needless to say, the last laugh. However, Bounce Back the estimable Mr Partridge did and he now commands the Mid-Morning Matters show Monday to Friday on North Norfolk Digital. A true National Treasure who has overcome his inauspicious upbringing to immerse himself in bringing joy to the listening public. Mr Alan Gordon Partridge is a true raconteur.

That is how the review would read if Alan Partridge was a real person. Fortunately, this particular blight on humanity is fictional. Although I am a self-confessed fan of the character I was a little trepidacious beginning this book but I was relieved to find that the tone of the book matches that of the multiple TV Series dedicated to this loon. Much sniggering was done on the couch whilst reading, for much the same reason I laugh at the TV Shows. We all know an Alan - if you don't then YOU are the Alan.

The formatting of the book with multiple footnotes worked well on my e-reader and even the photo section showed up well (this is a particular pet hate of mine). In fact, some of those footnotes contain the funniest sections.

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Rich83

Classic Queen (Partridge).

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 25, 2016

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It goes without saying, you will enjoy this book a lot more if you are a fan of Alan Partridge or Steve Coogan's work.

It is a hillarious journey through his early years, his career and his private life. There are a lot of references to events that happened in the I'm Alan Partridge series.

There is a set list of songs that Alan has compiled to be played at certain points in the book. This just adds extra comedy value to an already brillinat read. If you already have the songs availbale then this is a bonus.

I enjoyed this so much that I purchased the audio book afterwards and listened to him telling the story. This is even better as he told the story in his classic Partridge voice with all the changes in tone that add depth to everything.

Hillarious to read and listen to, you really do forget that it is an autobiography of a character and not a real person. That in itself is testiment to a brilliant book!

Partridge fans that haven't already got this should buy it now and it's available at a bargain!!

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