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HANDSTANDS
IN THE DARK
AN
ASTOUNDING DARK MEMOIR
OF MURDER, ABUSE AND GANGSTERS
by Janey Godley
www.janeygodley.co.uk/book.html
editor/consultant,
John Fleming
Hardback: No 3 Bestseller
Paperback : Top Ten Bestseller
WH Smith Book of The Month
"Favourite Read of 2005" as voted
by listeners of BBC Radio 4's Open Book series
"The
utterly compelling autobiography Handstands in the Dark
has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon... un-putdownable...
the writing is sensationally good"
Daily Telegraph
"Against all
odds, she has turned her life story
into an inspirational book"
Daily Mail
"From
the first page... Janey Godley,
a natural storyteller, has you in her grip."
Glasgow Evening Times
"A remarkably
engaging and fluently written
memoir of a life that makes the McCourt family
look like the Von Trapps"
Observer
"A natural
storyteller... For someone so refreshingly
gobby, it's hard to imagine how she ever kept
the secret that she did."
Daily Record
"A life
that would try the patience of a saint...
it’s doubtful you’ll be able to choke back the tears."
Metro
"A fantastic
book. You will keep turning those pages.
You do cry and you laugh and it's raw
No punches are pulled...
but it's absolutely not a 'poor me' book."
Janice
Forsyth, BBC Radio Scotland
"Rather
than a bleak cautionary tale, her story is
exhilarating, uplifting and often extremely funny.
Ultimately it's a testament to the extraordinary
endurance of the human spirit"
Guardian
"I
found myself laughing... and crying."
Sunday
Post
"Vividly
evoked... no punches-pulled...
relieved by innate good humour and unflagging optimism."
Choice magazine
"This
is Janey's life story and it's gripping stuff!"
OK magazine - Hot Stars
"Gothic
biography...
Amid such dark subjects it's easy to forget
that Godley is very much a limelight sort of woman.
Not just courageous but mouthy and irrepressibly funny."
The Scotsman
"She
is making waves with her hard-hitting autobiography."
Mail on Sunday
“Genuinely
compelling... she deserves the sales.”
Glasgow
Herald
"...not
the usual 'comedian who thinks he can publish a novel' fodder
Throughout these tales of psycho adventures, life on stage, lyrical dreams
and a sudden beheading it is the pleasure of seeing proven talent.
What Hardee and Fleming have done is given a bunch of comedians the
freedom to run with their ideas on the page. As alternative as comedy gets...
FOURS STARS; RELEASE OF THE WEEK"
(The
Scotsman)
"The
stories are a million miles from the light,
laugh-out-loud comedy of John O'Farrell or Nick Hornby.
They're left-field and brutal and, when it comes to expletives,
make Tarantino look like Mary Whitehouse. And while there's
no knowing quite what's coming next, it's usually about sex or death.
Or sex and death. It's juvenile. It's sophisticated.It's entertaining."
FOUR STARS
(Daily
Mirror)
"This
anthology is the next best thing to a comedy cabaret,
and only half the price of the average ticket...
PAPERBACK OF THE WEEK"
+
(Also chosen in their BOOKS
OF THE YEAR section
as one of 18 Books
That Made Their Mark in 2003)
(Observer)
"The credits read like
a fantasy line-up for some mammoth comedy benefit,
featuring the best names in the business.....it makes an intriguing read
for any fans of stand-up.....a breezily entertaining read"
(chortle.co.uk)
"An
astonishing variety of writing styles and subjects...
There's some seriously good writing in here. The cliché would be
'something for everyone' - In this case it's true."
(amazon.co.uk)
"hilarious"
(The Scotsman)
"blindingly
funny"
(The
Independent)
ANATOMY
OF THE MOVIES
-
INSIDE THE FILM INDUSTRY -
THE MONEY - THE POWER - THE CRAFT - THE MOVIES
chapter
contributors include
Martin Scorsese, Donald Sutherland,
Robert Towne, John Fleming
"comprehensive and entertaining"
(inprint.co.uk)
"If you are really, really determined to shoot a film,
there is one book I would suggest you obtain and read
from cover to cover. The title is Anatomy of The Movies.
This book is one of the bibles of the film making industry"
(books.dreambook.com)
