![]() You can have fun trying to work out what the title means! He doesn't explain it. The two cover quite different biographical ground and are fun in different ways and I recommend them both. I found out about this book through listening to the Fry chronicles which I also loved. But overall, these are very minor complaints and the book is an enjoyable listen from start to finish, especially as you know you are getting the whole story from the horse's mouth, the way he intends it to be heard. And sometimes he sounds a bit too pompous in his delivery. If you wanted to nit-pick, you could say that Fry, being so very clever with words and style, can't help himself at times and manipulates the reader, stringing out the moment of a revelation with too many incidental diversions or padding out stories to an extent that can sometimes be a little annoying. Much cringeworthy humour there comes from the reader/listener finding parallels in their own past - whatever their sex and background. He also writes with brutal honesty about adolescent infatuations and shortcomings. ![]() Although it mostly talks about Fry's education in the British Public School system, his is no conventional itinerary: there is the foreign family background, the gay consciousness and the never ending maverickness which caused some laugh out loud moments. What did you love best about Moab Is My Washpot?Ī jolly good English romp but with enough humour and twists to prevent it being too toff. ![]() ![]() Brutal honesty, mature reflection and lots of fun ![]()
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