Books I read this year

Re:Books I read this year by poutrathor on Monday December 04, 2017 @12:28PM (#15845594)

>Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens, by Eddie Izzard. Izzard’s personal story is fascinating: he survived a difficult childhood and worked relentlessly to overcome his lack of natural talent and become an international star. If you’re a huge fan of him like I am, you’ll love this book. His written voice is very similar to his stage voice, and I found myself laughing out loud several times while reading it.

International star is technically correct since he is known both in the USA and Great-Britain.

But that's the first time ever I heard of him.

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Re:Books I read this year by ggg9990 on Monday December 04, 2017 @12:42PM (#15845741)

"International star" has never meant that every single person has heard of them.

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Re:Books I read this year by pitt1980 on Monday December 04, 2017 @12:36PM (#15845662)

If you're not familiar (that's ok, lots of people are stars in some circles and unknown in other circles), you should check his work out

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Re:Books I read this year by onesun on Monday December 04, 2017 @12:55PM (#15845892)

Ah, the old "if I've never heard of him he must not be famous" logic.

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Re:Books I read this year by magpi3 on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:10PM (#15846029)

I think the point is that he is not famous outside of english speaking countries

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Re:Books I read this year by oculusthrift on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:48PM (#15846365)

he’s done shows in french german and spanish across the world...

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Re:Books I read this year by plandis on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:21PM (#15846132)

What is your point?

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