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Dress to Kill Hb

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It's been almost 10 years since the book has been out. It's about time that someone dropped a line about it. Whether you are a fan or not, this book will not disappoint. It shares photos & memories of growing up, frequent relocation (home & school), loss of his mother, and realizing his belief in total clothing rights.

This book is quite Eddie - chatty, witty, and random. He's quite a different person on stage and off, so the book kind of completes my Eddie Izzard collection. I have to admit, though, this publication has slightly too much writing for my taste, or the editor could have done a better job formatting the pages.

The photos in the book, unfortunately, are somehow disappointing. It feels like they are taken by a semi-professional photographer, who followed Eddie for one day or two and just wanted to get the work done with. The up side is that the book does have some cute photos from Eddie's childhood.

By the way, if you are looking for a biography, try the DVD "Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story".

It was Netflix that kept insisting that I watch Eddie Izzard. Apparently, based on my "preferences", they seemed to think I would like Eddie Izzard. Hmmm. . . someone with a name that sounds like Lizard, and a guy wearing women's clothes? Would I? Were those my preferences? Curiousity got the better of me.
Let me just say right here, right now, that I think Eddie Izzard is the funniest man on earth. I have watched ALL of his videos and ordered the book as well.
Thank you Newflix and thank you Eddie for being a bloke who enjoys wearing women's clothes and who makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. . .

If you haven't seen Eddie Izzard yet, buy it and become a lifelong fan. He's smart, he's funny, he's adorable and you'll think about his comedy long after the DVD is back in it's case.

I am satisfied with the content of this book. I must note that I was not informed before the purchase of the book that it had writing in it, but in general, I got the book I paid to get and I do not regret the purchase. For those who are fans of Eddie Izzard, the book may be rambly, but that is Eddie's style. It was obviously dictated to the ghost writer, and the pictures were all from one or two days of Eddie carting around a photographer, but if you are hungry for Eddie, this fluff read is rather a cute one.

I was expecting a biography, but in fact the books is a sort of written version of Eddie's onstage ramblings. The chatty, slang-filled and unfocused style makes him seem much less intelligent and more self-indulgent than he really is. The photographs are also a bit of a disappointment, since they make a leap from childhood/adolescence to the period of the Dress to Kill performance, with nothing in between. The most recent photos seem to mostly be casual snapshots of him wandering the streets of New York and San Francisco. Eddie Izzard is a genius in his craft, brilliantly perceptive, and a great humanitarian. Someone of his substance and uniqueness deserves a better record of his life and career. One can only hope that one will come later.