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Evening Standards the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018Skinnys Book of the Year, 2018Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human. ObserverFunny, honest and heart-warming. Matt HaigWhat better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? In this touching and witty book, award-winning presenter and comic Robin Ince uses the life of the stand-up as a way of exploring some of the biggest questions we all face. Where does anxiety come from? How do we overcome imposter syndrome? What is the key to creativity? How can we deal with grief?Informed by personal insights from Robin as well as interviews with some of the worlds top comedians, neuroscientists and psychologists, this is a hilarious and often moving primer to the mind. But it is also a powerful call to embrace the full breadth of our inner experience - no matter how strange we worry it may be!
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Robin Ince is an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show with physicist In 2005, Ince began running the Book Club night at The Albany, London, where acts are encouraged to perform turns of new and experimental material. The club gets its name from Ince's attempts to read aloud from, and humorously criticise, various second-hand books which the audience brought in for the occasion. The Book Club proved to be so successful that Ince took it on a full UK tour in 2006. In 2010, Ince published a book entitled about his favourite books that he has used for his shows. ~Wikipedia
