The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob
Mortimer. 'The most life-affirming joyful read of the year' - Sunday Times 'Winningly
heartfelt' - The Guardian 'A triumph' - Daily Mail Bob Mortimer's life was trundling along
happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate
surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him but forced him to
reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir And
Away... Although his childhood in Middlesbrough was normal on the surface it was tinged by the
loss of his dad and his own various misadventures (now infamous from his appearances on Would
I Lie to You?) from burning down the family home to starting a short-lived punk band called
Dog Dirt. As an adult he trained as a solicitor and moved to London. Though he was doing
pretty well (the South London Press once crowned him 'The Cockroach King' after a successful
verdict) a chance encounter in a pub in the 1980s with a young comedian going by the name Vic
Reeves set his life on a different track. And now six years on the heart condition that once
threatened his career has instead led to new success on BBC2's Gone Fishing. Warm profound
and irrepressibly funny And Away... is Bob's full life story (with a few lies thrown in for
good measure.)
