Rising to the surface
Henry, Lenny2023
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'Rising to the Surface' traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work. We follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programs, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, stand-up gigs in New York and a gala wedding to Dawn French. But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.
Main title:
Rising to the surface / Lenny Henry.
Author:
Henry, Lenny, author
Edition:
New [edition].
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2023.
Collation:
vii, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2022.
ISBN:
9780571368792 (pbk)
Dewey class:
791.092791'.092920 HENB.HEN920.HENR
LC class:
PN2598
Local class:
B HENB.HEN
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3419101
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