Books
by A A Gill
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Pour Me |
This memoir by the renowned Sunday Times journalist relates an extraordinary life. An alcoholic until the age of 30, he desired and studied to be an artist, realised he ‘wasn’t good enough’ so gave it up. He worked in restaurants and taught cookery. Despite severe dyslexia he was largely self- educated through reading ‘slowly’ and became a journalist, dictating his articles, until the age of 62. He also wrote several books. His memoir is intense, moving, hilarious and exquisitely written. I loved it.
(Denise Lewis - bwl 117 Summer 2025) |
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The Best of A A Gill |
After ‘Pour Me’ I had to read this collection of his articles. His scope is huge: travel, food, refugees, hunting, vegetarians, TV, even the making of a porn film. It is fearless, perceptive, outrageous, funny, sad, uplifting, compassionate and controversial. But most of all it is thought provoking and makes you address your prejudices. In the words of one critic, he was ‘a golden writer. There was nothing he couldn’t illuminate with his dazzling prose.’ I absolutely agree.
(Denise Lewis - bwl 117 Summer 2025) |
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