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The most intimate portrait of Peter Cook to date, Cook's first wife writes of her life with Britain's most ingenious and innovative comedian, and offering a side of him few have ever seen.



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'An evocative and moving account of Cook's beginnings'
Daily Express

'Her candid disclosures reveal a side of the man the fans never saw.'
Sunday Express

'Peter was a wit, it goes without saying, but he was funny in an almost supernatural way that has never been matched by anyone I've met or even heard about.'
Stephen Fry

'If there is a heaven he will be the funniest man there.' Clive Anderson

'Possibly the funniest man in the Western world. From his early 20s, nobody could hold a candle to him.'
Daily Mail

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    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 4/2/2007 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780007228942, 978-0007228942
    ISBN10: 0007228945
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    Biography: arts and entertainment Memoirs Humour

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    The most intimate portrait of Peter Cook to date, Cook's first wife writes of her life with Britain's most ingenious and innovative comedian, and offering a side of him few have ever seen.



    Trade Review

    'An evocative and moving account of Cook's beginnings'
    Daily Express

    'Her candid disclosures reveal a side of the man the fans never saw.'
    Sunday Express

    'Peter was a wit, it goes without saying, but he was funny in an almost supernatural way that has never been matched by anyone I've met or even heard about.'
    Stephen Fry

    'If there is a heaven he will be the funniest man there.' Clive Anderson

    'Possibly the funniest man in the Western world. From his early 20s, nobody could hold a candle to him.'
    Daily Mail

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