Biography Of Peter Cook

One of my all-time favourite books! Immensely insightful and comprehensive. I have read this biography a few times now over the years and find the recollections wonderful, inspiring and strangely melancholic. I was not yet born into this world in Cook's 'heyday', but nevertheless, I somehow find these tales of this comic icon to be compelling reading (I am a fan of the 'Not Only But Also' re-releases which obviously sparked my interest and enthusiasm). Thompson has apprarently based this text on comprehensive, credible research and provided detailed insights with help from those who knew Cook best to produce a birth-to-death account of an extrordinary life that reads like an epic of almost fanstical proportions. Oddly inspirational and compelling, especially for fans and quirky people with an altered perspective and sense of humour who live to the left of the centre. I would not part with this book and will no doubt read again down the track.