Lee, Stewart,  1968- <br/><br/>
How I escaped my certain fate :  the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian / 
Stewart Lee. 
 - London :  Faber,  2011, 2010. 
 - 394 pages ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes discography and index. 
<br/><br/> BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: FILM, TELEVISION, MUSIC, THEATRE. Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face! In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making opera about Jerry Springer. "How I Escaped My Certain F58A2484081A1141002EEate" details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as the most critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain. Here is Stewart Lee's own account of his remarkable comeback, told through transcripts of the three legendary full-length shows that sealed his reputation. Astonishingly frank and detailed in-depth notes reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his act. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780571254811 0571254810 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lee, Stewart, 1968- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comedians--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Stand-up comedy--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.76028092