by Jo Brand · Headline Hardbacks · tapa dura · ISBN 9780755355235
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«Look Back in Hunger» is Jo Brand's autobiography, published by Headline Hardbacks in hardcover (320 pages, in English).
Jo Brand went from growing up in the south of England to working ten years as a psychiatric nurse and then making her way in British stand-up, where she became known as «The Sea Monster»; this autobiography combines family and professional anecdotes with the certainty that life, though absurd, always has a funny side.
This autobiography, subtitled «The Autobiography», was originally published in 2009 and is catalogued as humor and memoirs, with the full text in English.
For Jo Brand fans and for those who enjoy autobiographies by British comedians, with anecdotes about the stand-up stages.
Josephine Grace Brand is an English comedian, presenter, actress and writer. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?. She also makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 in programmes such as The News Quiz and Just a Minute. Since 2014 she has been the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice. In 2003, Brand was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
