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Re-run the Fun: My Life as Pat Sharp

Autor Pat Sharp, Darren Richman, Luke Catterson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 oct 2021

Imagineați-vă anul 1989: sunetul sintetizatoarelor domină undele radio, iar pe ecranele televizoarelor, un bărbat cu o tunsoare „mullet” sfidează legile esteticii în timp ce coordonează haosul din Fun House. Pat Sharp nu a fost doar un prezentator, ci simbolul unei generații care măsura succesul în cantitatea de substanță colorată („gunge”) vărsată peste concurenți. Reținem că Re-run the Fun nu este o autobiografie convențională, ci un exercițiu de nostalgie subversivă, unde granița dintre realitate și fabulație devine la fel de neclară ca amintirile autorului după decenii de petreceri în industria divertismentului.

Remarcăm o structură narativă care refuză rigoarea cronologică în favoarea unor anecdote suprarealiste. Pat Sharp ne poartă de la Zidul Berlinului, unde pretinde că l-a asistat pe David Hasselhoff, până în mijlocul conflictelor legendare dintre trupele Oasis și Blur. Abordarea sa ludică evocă spiritul din More Fool Me de Stephen Fry, dar în timp ce Fry mizează pe o auto-analiză intelectuală și vulnerabilă, Sharp alege auto-ironia pură și satira culturală a anilor '80 și '90. Dacă în Parky: My Autobiography, Michael Parkinson oferă o cronică sobră a interviurilor cu mari personalități, Pat Sharp preferă să rescrie istoria pop, plasându-se în centrul unor momente cheie pe care, probabil, doar memoria sa „defectă” le-ar putea valida.

Tonul este unul cinematic și vibrant, reflectând energia unui DJ care refuză să oprească muzica. Această „sorta-biografie” funcționează ca o capsulă a timpului pentru cultura pop britanică, oferind detalii despre ascensiunea și izolarea sa ulterioară în conacul său, înainte de a reapărea în formatul reality-show-urilor moderne. Este un omagiu adus unei epoci a excesului, scris cu un umor englezesc sec care transformă o viață obișnuită de celebritate într-o aventură aproape mitologică.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472134653
ISBN-10: 1472134656
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte celor care au crescut cu televiziunea anilor '90 și caută o lectură care să nu se ia în serios. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă hilară asupra culturii celebrității, învățând că uneori ficțiunea este mult mai distractivă decât realitatea. Este cadoul ideal pentru oricine își amintește cu drag de Fun House sau pentru fanii umorului britanic absurd, oferind o porție sănătoasă de optimism și nostalgie.


Recenzii

Fabulous book . . . wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone . . . genuinely laugh out loud . . . twice as good as Partridge . . . perfect book for Christmas
The perfect antidote to 2020
A funny relief from the dumpster fire that is 2020
Hilarious, racy and largely untrue . . . one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Not just amusing but packed with gags
A loving account of the life and times of an enigma wrapped inside a mullet. This is a must-read if you like funny things
I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he
It's easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much more than an iconic haircut and a helter skelter - and this well overdue book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pat's critical role in shaping our world today
This is precision humour. It's very funny and no previous knowledge of Pat Sharp is required
A very funny book
Comic genius
Brilliant. An extraordinary, almost true autobiography
Hilarious, light-hearted, joyous and uplifting. A shiny jewel in what's been a murky year
Funny, mad, brilliant. I laughed a lot
A brutal, searing and vital dissemination of our times. Sharp has written a brave, eloquent tome that provides a way forward for future generations
My sister Jess and I dreamt of being on Fun House as kids so this book was the next best thing and it didn't disappoint. I'm still laughing now!
Anything Pat Sharp related is always fun. This book is relative to that fun. Read it and get some of that fun! Cos it's fun!
There are some books that will be around forever. Perfect examples of literary genius. But this book is just about Pat Sharp
'Twice as good as Partridge' Bob Mills

Pat Sharp is a man out of time. For those of a certain generation, he is an iconic figure synonymous with good fun, great hair and excess gunge. For others, he's just that bloke with a mullet.

Fame is a fickle beast and, since the cancellation of Fun House in 1999 ('Just ten years into its run, when it was finally finding its feet'), Pat has become a reclusive figure, only emerging from his splendid isolation to pop up on things like I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Come Dine with Me.

Until now.

With time on his hands and now reliant on a faulty memory, Pat has expertly blended fact and . . . fiction: revealing all about his adventures with David Hassselhoff at the Berlin Wall in 1989; how he broke up a fight between Damon Albarn and Liam Gallagher at a house party; the time he suggested Geri's dress be a Union Jack; and much more.

A definitive work (based on very little fact) that anatomises the cultural trends of the '80s and '90s, Re-run the Fun is just the kind of sorta-biography we need in these turbulent times. Finally, the Great British public can learn what life is like just about in sight of the top - the highs, the lows and the hair tips.

'I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he' Nish Kumar

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'The perfect antidote to 2020' Huffington Post

'A must-read if you like funny things' Greg James

'I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he' Nish Kumar


Pat Sharp is a man out of time.

For those of a certain generation, he is an iconic figure synonymous with good fun, great hair and excess gunge. For others, he's just that bloke with a mullet.

Fame is a fickle beast and, since the cancellation of Fun House in 1999 ('Just ten years into its run, when it was finally finding its feet'), Pat has become a reclusive figure, only emerging from his splendid isolation to pop up on things like I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Come Dine with Me.

Until now.

With time on his hands and now reliant on a faulty memory, Pat has expertly blended fact and . . . fiction: revealing all about his adventures with David Hassselhoff at the Berlin Wall in 1989; how he broke up a fight between Damon Albarn and Liam Gallagher at a house party; the time he suggested Geri's dress be a Union Jack; and much more.

A definitive work (based on very little fact) that anatomises the cultural trends of the '80s and '90s, Re-run the Fun is just the kind of sorta-biography we need in these turbulent times. Finally, the Great British public can learn what life is like just about in sight of the top - the highs, the lows and the hair tips.

'It's easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much more than an iconic haircut and a helter-skelter - and this well overdue book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pat's critical role in shaping our world today' Rick Edwards

'No previous knowledge of Pat Sharp is required' Paul Sinha