I love this book. It is
wise,
funny,
surprising,
touching, and
wonderful company * Jonathan Safran Foer *
Adam Andrusier has created that rare thing: a memoir which delivers the coming-of-age but also reaches far beyond. The writing here about family is excellent, the characters and scenes memorable, but from the first they're engaged also in a history.
Two Hitlers and a Marilyn takes in the world as widely as possible, always searching for significance and connection * David Vann *
A comic and poignant memoir about growing up in the suburbs, fandom, stalking Ronnie Barker, and much more. A funny, moving read
* Zadie Smith *
At times
hilarious, at others
heartbreaking, Andrusier's memoir provides a
fascinating insight into obsession * John Boyne *
Madcap and thoroughly engaging, Adam Andrusier's
vivid memoir brings to mind the early Philip Roth. This is a book of
antic comedy that resonates and intrigues * Lisa Appignanesi *
A
fabulously interesting book and incredibly pleasurable to read.
Very funny and strangely entrancing. It is about so much, but effortlessly * Adam Phillips *
Hilarious and moving. * David Baddiel *
Beautifully written * Maureen Lipman *
Andrusier has a genuine comic gift and he's remarkably technically adept. You could easily assume he had been writing this sort of stuff for years. * Daily Mail *
Offering a warm, witty and poignant glimpse into the past,
Two Hitlers and a Marilyn is a memoir of fandoms, forgiveness, growing up and letting go. * Culturefly *
A brilliant, ridiculously funny book -- Robert Popper
A
charming, honest, moving and highly entertaining memoir in autographs. It captures the insanities of ambition, celebrity, obsession, love and marriage with accuracy and compassion. * A.L. Kennedy *
The zaniest book I've read in eons. Andrusier is a fresh new voice and more importantly he's
funny as hell. -- Gary Shteyngart
Effortlessly funny and human * Daily Mail *
A
comic, affecting tale about escaping a chaotic home and discovering the truth behind the mask of fame * Independent *
The obsessiveness of the collector is
amusingly skewered in this memoir of rueful self-absorption * The Observer *
An engaging and well-told tale * The Spectator *
A warm, witty and poignant glimpse into the past * Culture Fly *
Effortlessly told, it's a tale that spans the
heartfelt and the
hilarious * Happy Mag *
A tragicomic triumph . . . Andrusier writes with an
addictive deadpan style and he's blessed with an ability to evoke the
comedy and pathos of everyday life. * The Mirror *
Hugely entertaining . . . a read as
out of the ordinary as the lives it chronicles. * NZ Herald *
A witty memoir about the author's lifelong involvement with autograph collecting . . . Andrusier conveys its sadness and its strange comedy. * Literary Review *
