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Michael Parkinson - Parky - My Autobiography: A Full and Funny Life - 9780340961667 - KCD0028244
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Parky - My Autobiography: A Full and Funny Life

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The Sunday Times Bestseller

All Michael Parkinson really wanted to do was play cricket for Yorkshire and England. However, he soon realised that to be paid to watch films, football and cricket would be the best way to spend life, so he became a journalist.

Television beckoned and for three decades Parkinson interviewed the movers and shakers of the late twentieth century, making his television programme the must-see event of the week. In singing with Bing Crosby, dancing with Billy Connolly, flirting with Miss Piggy and sparring with Muhammad Ali, Parkinson proved himself one of the most engaging ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Very Good
Weight
798g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340961667
SKU
KCD0028244
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Michael Parkinson
Born in Yorkshire, Michael Parkinson left school at sixteen with the ambition to play cricket for Yorkshire and England and to write about cricket for the Manchester Guardian. Although he didn't manage to fulfil the first half of his ambition, he has since become one of the most successful journalists of his generation. He wrote a sports column for The ... Read more

Reviews for Parky - My Autobiography: A Full and Funny Life
I recommend it heavily. It's a wonderful book
Melvyn Bragg
Parky's book is a joyous, breezy read, as much for the improbability of his early escapades as for his backstage anecdotes about the stars. It is also beautifully written
Daily Telegraph
The early chapters about his childhood and early career ... are disarmingly modest and offer ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Parky - My Autobiography: A Full and Funny Life


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