'There are prizes normally named after PG Wodehouse given to literary comic novels and
non-fiction and these books will have blurbs saying hilarious on them. This is infinitely
funnier than any of them.' DAVID BADDIEL'The funniest series of books ever written in the
English language' RICHARD OSMAN'Hilarious' THE TIMES'Absolute f**king genius' CAITLIN
MORAN'With a genuine belly laugh to be found on almost every page it only cements Partridge's
status as the world's greatest comedy character' EMPIRE'Partridge... has become the man our
time deserves. Aha!' THE TIMES'This is a deeply silly book. It's also glorious...[with] proper
belly laughs on pretty much every page' i NEWS'Every sentence screams pure Partridge...a spoof
that comes close to comic genius' DAILY EXPRESS'Expect plenty of laughs' HEAT'Not only has Alan
Partridge created an entirely new storytelling structure it's very funny indeed' JON RONSON In
Big Beacon Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster Alan Partridge triumphs against the
odds. TWICE.Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films Big
Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career rising like a phoenix
from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain
the nationwide prominence his talent merits. But then something quite unexpected and moving
because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man driven to restore an old lighthouse
to its former glory motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building
that many take for granted which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though
it's not really for them to say.* Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal
village in Kent Alan battles through adversity wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious
community and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man. * The two strands will run
in tandem their narrative arcs mirroring each other to make the parallels between the two
stories abundantly clear to the less able reader.
