Billy Connolly

I read the hard copy of this one, mainly because I was already midway through a different audio book and wanted something lighter in my hands before bed, and this one was right there calling to me. Lots of laugh out loud moments but I’m saving the five stars for the inevitable listen later on. Billy simply must be listened to. It’s just the way it is ❤️

A pleasantly meandering memoir from Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, in which he reminisces about his childhood in the working-class Glasgow tenements and his early career. There are a couple of false notes here—is he really the same old Billy as always, as he insists, when he makes sure you know from the get-go that he's now Sir William and that Prince Charles attends his birthday parties?—but this is still an amiable look back at life from the Big Yin.

I've always felt a little Billy Connolly goes a long way. Most of the time I just don't find him particularly funny, even more so here as his material doesn't translate well from the stage to the printed page. I would never have looked at this book if it hadn't been a book club choice and I read the book out of a sense of duty which probably didn't help.