I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

Hardcover, 320 pages

Published June 6, 2011

(3 reviews)

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan is a 2011 mock autobiography as written by the British comedy character Alan Partridge. It was written by Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Rob and Neil Gibbons. An audiobook version recorded by Coogan as Partridge was released on CD and downloadable audio formats. Coogan said: "We just wanted to do what he would do in trying to write his autobiography. He wants to make his life more than unremarkable, so every single event in his life he tries to spin into something it's not. There was an argument between his parents about tax returns that he tries to turn into some kind of nightmare childhood - as if it was torturous for him and he was scarred by it."The Independent described the book as "an acutely observed mock-memoir" and the Daily Telegraph said that "The index to I, Partridge is one of …

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan is a 2011 mock autobiography as written by the British comedy character Alan Partridge. It was written by Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Rob and Neil Gibbons. An audiobook version recorded by Coogan as Partridge was released on CD and downloadable audio formats. Coogan said: "We just wanted to do what he would do in trying to write his autobiography. He wants to make his life more than unremarkable, so every single event in his life he tries to spin into something it's not. There was an argument between his parents about tax returns that he tries to turn into some kind of nightmare childhood - as if it was torturous for him and he was scarred by it."The Independent described the book as "an acutely observed mock-memoir" and the Daily Telegraph said that "The index to I, Partridge is one of the top five indexes of all time." The book received positive reviews and became a bestseller. Coogan appeared as Partridge to promote the book on The Jonathan Ross Show on 1 October 2011. A second autobiography, Alan Partridge: Nomad, was released in 2016.

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jiewawa reviewed I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan by Steve Coogan

Smell my cheese

4 stars

It was great listening to the audiobook as Steve plays the role of Partridge excellently as always. Listening to Alan recall events from his life quite differently to how fans will have seen them unfold over the years was hilarious. However, it felt as though large portions of the book were a retread or fan service.

I loved this very much and I still believe that Alan Partridge is the greatest fictional character of all time. But I must say that I will never forgive Alan for embedding the classic scout song "Ging Gang Goolie" into my brain-like tofu for the last few days. Wait, tofu-like brain.

WorzelFG

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May 3, 2017

daveb

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Feb 11