The Writer's Cut: A Novel

The Writer's Cut: A Novel

<b>A manic satirical ride through the booze and sex-fuelled world of Tinseltown from one of the world's most-loved comedians - Monty Python legend Eric Idle.</b><br /><br />Set during the glorious days of the Bush Empire before they finally invaded and killed irony, <i>The Writer’s Cut</i> follows Stanley Hay, a joke writer. He has a girlfriend, a writing partner and a career going nowhere in particular. Wisecracking, ambitious and horny, Stanley decides that he is going to change that by writing a novel. This is where things start to spiral out of control.<br /><br />Caught up in the excitement Stanley falsely confesses that the novel will be a kiss-and-tell (a kiss and sell?) featuring Hollywood’s most famous and glamorous actresses. Before long expectations are going through the roof, Stanley is a celebrity in his own right and he's living the LA highlife.<br /><br />There's only one little problem...<br /><br />'I have, for a long time, admired Eric Idle for his valiant efforts to escape gainful employment. I congratulate him on this latest explosion of Idleness. I am reliably informed that it is quite good in parts.' <b>Billy Connolly</b><br /><br /><b>Eric Idle</b> is a comedian, actor, author, singer, playwright, and songwriter. Co-creator of <i>Monty Python</i> on TV, stage and films, including <i>The Holy Grail</i>, which later he adapted for the stage as <i>Spamalot</i>. Creator of The Rutles, he starred as Ko-Ko in the English National Opera version of <i>The Mikado</i>, has appeared in <i>The Pirates of Penzance</i> and wrote and performed the comic oratorio <i>Not The Messiah, He’s a Very Naughty Boy</i>. His musical play <i>What About Dick?</i> co-stars Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Billy Connolly and Tracey Ullman. Eric has written two novels, <i>Hello Sailor</i> and <i>The Road to Mars</i>, and appeared in several movies, including <i>Nuns On the Run</i>, <i>Shrek The Third</i>, and <i>The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen</i>. Last year he wrote and directed the final Monty Python reunion show <i>One Down, Five To Go</i> at London’s O2.<br /><br /><b>Praise for Eric Idle</b><br /><br />'I laughed, I cried, and then I read the book.' <b>Steve Martin</b><br />'Filled with intelligent observations about comedy and comedians, and enough one-liners to keep a funnyman in gigs past Pluto.' <b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br />'Dazzling … the language, the jokes, the problems and foibles of his characters are purely of our time.' <b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b>