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Dress To Kill

  • Imprint: Virgin Books

  • ISBN: 9780753504796

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 11mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 117g

  • RRP: £9.99

Dress To Kill

Eddie Izzard - action transvestite, boy racer and male tomboy - spent the 1990s conquering Britain. As the decade ended, he looked further afield. "Dressed To Kill", his stand-up tour, saw him transport his high heels and off-the-shoulder numbers to New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, taking a natural comedian's delight in the differences separating the two sides of the Pond. In this book, he reflects on his birth in Yemen and his childhood in Northern Ireland, Wales and London, and muses on animals, male tomboys, street theatre, sex, crime, God, "The Great Escape", Bible stories starring Sean Connery and James Mason, and cats who dig for oil. He also reflects on the trials and tribulations of being an cross-dressing, surrealist comedian intent on making it in America.

  • Imprint: Virgin Books

  • ISBN: 9780753504796

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 11mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 117g

  • RRP: £9.99

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About the Author

David Quantick

David Quantick is an Emmy Award-winning writer of television (Veep, The Thick of It, Brass Eye) and radio (One, The Blagger’s Guide). He is also the author of the comic novel Sparks, the comic book That’s Because You’re A Robot, and several short films, including the award-winning Welcome to Oxmouth. A script writer, broadcaster and comedy writer, David once appeared on Celebrity Come Dine With Me, where he came fifth out of five. He has been named one of the #AmazonRisingStars 2016.

David Quantick

Eddie Izzard

David Quantick is an Emmy Award-winning writer of television (Veep, The Thick of It, Brass Eye) and radio (One, The Blagger’s Guide). He is also the author of the comic novel Sparks, the comic book That’s Because You’re A Robot, and several short films, including the award-winning Welcome to Oxmouth. A script writer, broadcaster and comedy writer, David once appeared on Celebrity Come Dine With Me, where he came fifth out of five. He has been named one of the #AmazonRisingStars 2016.

Eddie Izzard

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Extracts

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