Deze Schotse komiek en schrijver staat bekend om zijn pessimistische en vaak controversiële gevoel voor humor. Zijn werk duikt met compromisloze eerlijkheid in de donkerdere aspecten van het leven. Boyle schuwt de confrontatie en het in twijfel trekken van maatschappelijke normen niet, met behoud van een onderscheidende literaire stijl die hem tot een unieke stem in de hedendaagse literatuur maakt.
Exploring themes of resilience and humor, this guide offers a unique perspective on navigating apocalyptic scenarios. Co-authored by Frankie Boyle and Charlie Skelton, it combines insightful commentary with exclusive illustrations by renowned comic book artist Frank Quitely, creating an engaging and visually appealing experience. The book aims to equip readers with a blend of wit and wisdom for facing existential challenges, making it a distinctive addition to the genre.
From post-colonial arrogance to climate disaster, Frankie Boyle takes a
characteristically unsparing look at the key issues on our political horizon,
in this instalment of the FUTURES series
I don't think anyone can have written an autobiography without at some point thinking, "Why would anyone want to know this shit?" I've always read them thinking, "I don't want to know where Steve Tyler grew up, just tell me how many groupies he f**ked!" So begins Frankie's outrageous, laugh-out loud, cynical rant on life as he knows it. From growing up in Pollockshaws, Glasgow ("It was an aching cement void, a slap in the face to Childhood, and for the family it was a step up."), to his rampant teenage sex drive ("In those days if you glimpsed a nipple on TV it was like porn Christmas."), and first job working in a mental hospital ("Where most evenings were spent persuading an old man in his pants not to eat a family-sized block of cheese."), nothing is out of bounds. Outspoken, outrageous, and brilliantly inappropriate, Frankie Boyle, the dark heart of Mock the Week , says the unsayable as only he can. From the TV programs he would like to see made ( Celebrities on Acid on Ice : just like Celebrity Dancing on Ice , but with an opening sequence where Graham Norton hoses the celebrities down with liquid LSD"), to his native Scotland, and the Mayor of London ("Voting for Boris Johnson wasn't that different to voting for a Labrador wearing a Wonder Woman costume."), nothing and no one is safe from Frankie's fearless, sharp-tongued assault. Sharply observed and full of taboo-busting, we-really-shouldn't-be-laughing-at-this humor, My Shit Life So Far shows why Frankie Boyle really is the blackest man in show business.
