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 | This is Your Life | Jimmy Conway, ordinary TEFL teacher, has always wanted to be famous and takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances to pretend to the world that he is a famous stand-up comic. But then he ends up on stage at the London Palladium doing a benefit gig for the memory of poor deceased Billy, a TV personality who died. Re-read June 2007. Categories: non-speculative, contemporary |
| by John O'Farrell | ||
| Score: 7 | ||
| Published: 2002 | ||
| Read: June 16th 2003 |
Comments
John said
Quite entertaining, I guess, got a bit schmaltzy at the end when Jimmy gives up his pretend career and goes back to his lovely warm and genuine (if weird) friends. And gets back with Nancy too. Bought this for the train trip back from Nottingham interview.