{"product_id":"how-i-escaped-my-certain-fate","title":"How I Escaped My Certain Fate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found\nhere\nExperience 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 Fate\" 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. With unprecedented access to a leading comedian's creative process, this book tell us just what it was like to write these shows, develop the performance and take them on tour. \"How I Escaped My Certain Fate\" is everything we have come to expect from Stewart Lee: fiercely intelligent, unsparingly honest and very funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buy3X.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52911288942816,"sku":"9780571254811_Kitabay Jaipur_64D1","price":9.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.carouselstore.co.uk\/products\/how-i-escaped-my-certain-fate","provider":"Carousel Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}