At My Mothers Knee by Paul O'grady

At My Mothers Knee by Paul O'grady

In his own uniquely acid tongue, Paul O Grady traces the hilarious tales of life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that took him from a virtuous altar-boy ( my first drag ) to Britain s best loved entertainer. It s a life that includes, varyingly, stints in an abbatoir, as a social worker, in a high-class Mayfair brothel and traipsing down to London to chase his dreams. By 23, Paul O Grady had been a father, husband, drag queen, gay lover, divorcee and degenerate. He did it all with a smile on his face, making a mental note to register the whip-smart one-liners that would later inform his star-studded path from the fringes of comedy to the heart of the British establishment, first as his own brilliant comic creation Lily Savage, then, triumphantly, as himself. aul s remarkable childhood and early life is littered with a dizzying cast-list of rogues, rascals, lovers, fighters, saints and sinners. Oh, and one iconic bus conductress. Told with pathos, love, empathy and, naturally, biting humour the story of Paul O Grady is that of everyman, everywoman and, inevitably, every drag act, ever. He has been rich and skint, posh and common, straight and gay. He has mixed with stars and whores

Lily Savage was nominated for a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991. Lily later became a regular on This Morning, took over the bed on The Big Breakfast and presented Blankety Blank, but has now retired. Paul, of course, currently presents The New Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4.

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ISBN 13	9780593059883
ISBN 10	0593059883
Title	At My Mothers Knee
Author	Paul O'grady
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2008-09-24
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Tesco Biography of the Year 2009
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.