- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (6 Sept. 2018)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1471167062
- ISBN-13: 978-1471167065
If you are aware of Nick Hewer you probably know him from either The Apprentice or Countdown. If you aren’t from the UK you probably don’t know him at all.
I saw the book last Thursday when browsing in “The Works” whilst waiting to meet my sister for lunch. It was a perfect combination of interesting and cheap.
Cut into 26 chapters, each one themed around a letter of the alphabet (to emphasise his work on Countdown, I suppose), it builds into an interesting story of his life, though always with the feeling that he was holding quite a lot back. This isn’t really a problem if you are reading for entertainment, but could be a problem if you were expecting a detailed and structured autobiography.
He’s been to a Jesuit boarding school, run a successful PR business, been on TV, lived in France and driven from France to Mongolia in a Renault 4. In answer to your questions – for charity, and no, I don’t know why he used a Renault 4 either.
So, as an entertaining read, for £3, it can’t be beaten. If you want an insightful biography, or it’s full price (£20), I would advise saving your money.
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I am secretly addicted to ‘8 out of 10 cats does countdown’ but haven’t watched the real thing for years.
Same here.
I am in UK and I have seen neither of the programmes, except for when my friend Mike Kindred was beaten in the Countdown final by an Asian youth.
That is because you are a wise and sophisticated man who spends his time wisely. 🙂 I am not.
🙂 Wisely said, my friend
I finished reading “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd. I learned it was made into a movie, which I will try to get.
Sounds good. (I cut out all the reading by using Wikipedia to find a synopsis of the film).
I might have to read something Jo Brand calls “the thinking woman’s Bakewell tart.”
It’s a good read and he’s an excellent raconteur.