{"product_id":"young-once","title":"Young Once","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399826693\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written, deliciously evocative, funny and touching'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN FRY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thermometer up the Khyber Pass of Comedy, expertly administered'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRICHARD E GRANT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAged twenty-five, dressed as Che Guevara, Nigel Planer answers an ad for a room and his life changes for ever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a memoir and a love story, \u003ci\u003eYoung Once\u003c\/i\u003e follows his journey, from bell-ringer to gravedigger, from university dropout to long-term patient of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and all the other bizarre events that shape him, until the day he meets Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson in a former strip club and the 1980s Comedy Revolution is born . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften mistaken (even by his mother) for Neil, the hippy character he creates, by 1986 Nigel has become so well-known he often has to leave the house via the kitchen window. It's lucky that he has always had a talent for seeing the funny side of things: whether it's dealing with 20-foot-eclair-related injuries or being cajoled into Band Aid by Bob Geldof; gatecrashing a rave with Robin Williams or crashing into the set on Top of the Pops; becoming a grandfather at twenty-nine or being rescued from disaster by musical theatre.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst a backdrop of squats, Glastonbury and roller discos, with a supporting cast that includes Lemmy, a stony-faced Robert de Niro and French and Saunders,\u003ci\u003e Young Once\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly entertaining and gloriously sideways glimpse into a remarkable life and career. It's also an object lesson in why you should never give up looking for your Happy Ever After. It might well tur","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859998351493,"sku":"PR434631","price":68.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTGAOIJSORIZ.jpg?v=1789116304","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/young-once","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}