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2.5 stars. I guess if you like to read about lifestyles of the rich and famous (and deathstyles, as a couple of the chapters are on deaths of the author's celebrity friends), you might like this better than I did. I guess I didn't mind reading a lot about George Harrison.
But for me it just ends up being depressing to read about all the interesting things that some people get to do, interesting people they get to hang out with, and beautiful places they get to go/live, whereas most of us are desperately trying to find something funny on TV to watch to relieve our everyday grind. And so we pay for entertainment that allows a few people to live large.
Although now that I think about it, even if I could afford to I wouldn't do drugs, so those people would not think I was a fun hang. Oh, wait, as a female I wouldn't have been in the loop anyway. That whole era (or eras? The book spans decades) as described seems incredibly sexist, despite comments by the author throughout the book about how unacceptable those attitudes were.
If anyone reads my reviews you know I tend to describe my experience or thoughts upon reading a book, not a generic synopsis. I can't imagine what a die-hard Python fan would think of this book - maybe they would love any tidbits they can get? I can only tell what came up for me when I read it. Reading the book did feel as if I were listening to Eric Idle talk about his life. there was a consistency between what I've seen on TV/in movies and the authorial voice.
But for me it just ends up being depressing to read about all the interesting things that some people get to do, interesting people they get to hang out with, and beautiful places they get to go/live, whereas most of us are desperately trying to find something funny on TV to watch to relieve our everyday grind. And so we pay for entertainment that allows a few people to live large.
Although now that I think about it, even if I could afford to I wouldn't do drugs, so those people would not think I was a fun hang. Oh, wait, as a female I wouldn't have been in the loop anyway. That whole era (or eras? The book spans decades) as described seems incredibly sexist, despite comments by the author throughout the book about how unacceptable those attitudes were.
If anyone reads my reviews you know I tend to describe my experience or thoughts upon reading a book, not a generic synopsis. I can't imagine what a die-hard Python fan would think of this book - maybe they would love any tidbits they can get? I can only tell what came up for me when I read it. Reading the book did feel as if I were listening to Eric Idle talk about his life. there was a consistency between what I've seen on TV/in movies and the authorial voice.