Rising to the Surface
eBook - ePub

Rising to the Surface

'Moving and honest' OBSERVER

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Rising to the Surface

'Moving and honest' OBSERVER

About this book

The rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s.

'Moving and ebullient' Daily Telegraph
'Relayed with characteristic exuberance and self-deprecation' Guardian

Rising to the Surface traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work.

We follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programmes, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, and stand-up gigs in New York. But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9780571368808
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Prologue
  6. 1: What Happened Next
  7. 2: Beginning to Rise
  8. 3: Going Solo
  9. 4: Dawn
  10. 5: Succeeding Upwards
  11. 6: Rising . . . Rising . . .
  12. 7: The Fall
  13. 8: Crucial Years
  14. 9: Picking Up the Pieces
  15. Epilogue
  16. Down in the Basement with Othello
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Illustrations
  19. About the Author
  20. By the Same Author
  21. Copyright