{"product_id":"9780007382712","title":"Becoming Johnny Vegas","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Vegas, Johnny | Individual actors \u0026amp; performers \u003cbr\u003ePublished 22\/05\/2014 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 384 pages, (2x8pp plates)\u003cbr\u003e197 x 131 x 29mm | 368g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain's best-loved comic actors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But before he'd ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of TV panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions answered by this eye-poppingly frank memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Becoming Johnny Vegas establishes its author as the poet laureate of the Pimblett's pie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Once you've finished this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency, you'll never look at a copy of the Catholic men's society newsletter the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57150266999159,"sku":"9780007382712","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780007382712.jpg?v=1780667433","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780007382712","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}