Description: Picking up where he left off in My Booky Wook, movie star and comedian Russell Brand details his rapid climb to fame and fortune in a shockingly candid, resolutely funny, and unbelievably electrifying tell-all: Booky Wook 2. Brand's performances in Arthur, Get Him to the Greek, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall have earned him a place in fans' hearts; now, with a drop of Chelsea Handler's Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, a dash of Tommy Lee's Dirt, and a spoonful of Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries, Brand goes all the way--exposing the mad genius behind the audacious comic we all know (or think we know) and love (or at least, lust).
Brief description:
Russell Brand is a comedian, journalist, TV and radio presenter, and actor. He has won numerous awards including Time Out's Comedian of the Year, Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards, Best TV Performer at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, and Most Stylish Man at GQ's Men of the Year Awards. The first installment of his autobiography, My Booky Wook, was a New York Times bestseller.
Review Quotes:
"Hilarious. . . . A richly detailed memoir that's peppered with both evocative descriptions of the author's homeland and memorable lines... Brand promises here another tome 'about how it feels to be famous.' To my shame, I can't wait." - Entertainment Weekly
"I laughed out loud at least a dozen times. . . . To my shame, I'll admit I sort of liked My Booky Wook." - New York Times
A child's garden of vices, My Booky Wook is also a relentless ride with a comic mind clearly at the wheel....The bloke can write. He rhapsodizes about heroin better than anyone since Jim Carroll. With the flick of his enviable pen, he can summarize childhood thus: 'My very first utterance in life was not a single word, but a sentence. It was, 'Don't do that.''... Russell Brand has a compelling story..." - New York Times Book Review
Brand has shown a penchant for the naked truth, particularly in his remarkably well-written memoir, My Booky Wook, which details his journey from heroin and crack addict to sex addict (his "sexy addiction," he says). His bad old days were clearly a major inspiration for Aldous Snow, the habitually hip-thrusting rock god from 2008's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and its new spin-off film, "Get Him to the Greek," with Brand, Jonah Hill and Sean Combs. - San Francisco Chronicle
"A scandalous, libidinous memoir. . . . There is nothing [Brand] won't reveal in search of a laugh and nothing he hasn't done in search of love or experience or oblivion. . . . . An exceptional combination of candor, ardor, and humor. - The Guardian