The number one bestseller andamp160Sunday Timesamp160Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.amplsquoThe most lifeaffirming joyful read of the yearamprsquo amp160Sunday TimesamplsquoWinningly heartfeltamprsquo ampndashamp160The GuardianamplsquoA triumphamprsquo ampndashamp160Daily Mail Bob Mortimeramprsquos 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 memoiramp160And Awayamphellip 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 onamp160Would I Lie to You from burning down the family home to starting a shortlived 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 amplsquoThe Cockroach Kingamprsquo 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 BBC2amprsquosamp160Gone Fishing. Warm profound and irrepressibly funnyamp160And Awayamphellipamp160is Bobamprsquos full life story with a few lies thrown in for good measure.PLEASE NOTE This book has been printed with three different colour designs green blue and orange. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random.