David Mitchell: Back Story (47 page)
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Authors: David Mitchell
Tags: #Humor, #General, #Biography & Autobiography, #Personal Memoirs
Smog schmog.
Of course, it’s an honour just to be nominated. Then again, fuck them.
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Rob and me, at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival as usual.
A publicity shot from
Magicians
.
With Rob Brydon, Alan Davies, Stephen Fry and John Lloyd, for the special
QI
-themed edition of
The Unbelievable Truth
.
The end.
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First published by HarperCollins
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2012
FIRST EDITION
© David Mitchell 2012
A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library
All photographs are courtesy of the author, his friends or family, with the exception of the following: image 30 reproduced from the Hampstead & Highgate Express; image 33 Objective Productions; image 42 Intermedia Productions; image 43 Janie Airey
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Table of Contents
5 The Pianist and the Fisherman
8 The Mystery of the Unexplained Pole
11 Cross-Dressing, Cards and Cocaine
15 Teenage Thrills: First Love, and the Rotary Club Public Speaking Competition
16 Where Did You Get That Hat?
20 The Cause of and Answer to All of Life’s Problems
23 We Said We Wouldn’t Look Back