The Greedy Bastard Diary
A Comic Tour of America
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 21, 2006
A stunningly witty exploration of the American landscape -- not to mention a brilliant comic's mind -- this diary is chock-full of everything you ever wanted to know about Eric Idle, Monty Python, America, and sleeping on a bus.
- Themes
- American travel, Comedy and performance, Fellow-Python reminiscences
- Genres
- Lives in Entertainment, Travel Writing, Comedy
- Published
- HarperCollins, February 21, 2006
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in Eric Idle and Monty Python reminiscences
- Readers drawn to comic travel writing and Spamalot backstage stories
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A stunningly witty exploration of the American landscape -- not to mention a brilliant comic's mind -- this diary is chock-full of everything you ever wanted to know about Eric Idle, Monty Python, America, and sleeping on a bus.
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In these pages, the sixth-nicest Python is cheeky, touching, and funny when recounting the riotous tales of his beginnings, his affectionate reminiscences of his fellow Pythons, traveling the world, and taking us backstage at the smash Broadway hit Spamalot. Fascinating, moving, at times even amusing, this book will dramatically improve your sex life, will make you feel intelligent and charming within the first several pages, and after a few chapters, will permanently eliminate all your personal or health problems. So come experience eighty days, 15,750 miles, and forty-nine cities as you never have before!
Where it sits
| Lives in Entertainment | 56% |
|---|---|
| Travel Writing | 32% |
| Comedy | 28% |
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Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Humor
- Adventure Travel
- Canada Travel
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- Central America Travel
- Traveling with Kids
- South America Travel
- Travel in Brazil
- Authors
- Eric Idle
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 21, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- American travel · Comedy and performance · Fellow-Python reminiscences
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs