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Still Standing: The Savage Years

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Description for Still Standing: The Savage Years Paperback. Lilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool on a policeman's overcoat. Her mother, the lady wrestler Hell Cat Savage, had no such luxuries as gas and air. She just bit down on the policeman's torch and recovered afterwards at the bar with a large pale ale. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 328.

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'Funny, forthright and sharp as a knife . . . O'Grady writes just as he speaks.' Daily Mirror

Lilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool on a policeman's overcoat. Her mother, the lady wrestler Hell Cat Savage, had no such luxuries as gas and air. She just bit down on the policeman's torch and recovered afterwards at the bar with a large pale ale...
Paul O'Grady shot to fame via his brilliant comic creation, the blonde bombsite Lily Savage. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857501028
SKU
9780857501028
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-6

About Paul O´grady
Paul O'Grady first came to fame in the guise of Lily Savage, and 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. Paul, of course, went on to further success presenting his chat shows on Channel 4 ... Read more

Reviews for Still Standing: The Savage Years
As a narrator, stroppy of tongue but melting of heart, O'Grady still charms and tickles. The comic scenes with his truly mythological mum ("the Madame Defarge of Tranmere"; "Columbo in a flannelette nightie"; "Eleanor of Aquitaine with a chip-pan") can touch the hem of Alan Bennett's robe... Leaves most fiction and history of the era in the dust.
Boyd ... Read more

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