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Book Review Series: Back Story by David Mitchell

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It's been almost a month since I posted, and for no good reason at all. Luckily, this massive break in writing has given me lots of time for reading, which in turn gives me reason for writing, so I guess I've rendered my previous sentence moot. As you know, I have a certain penchant for comedian/writer autobiographies. Sometimes they are terrible (like Ellen Degeneres's Seriously...I'm Kidding ); sometimes they are pretty good (like Jon Richardson's It's Not Me, It's You ); but rarely are they ever fantastic. Which is why I deeply, unapologetically, and wholeheartedly loved every word of David Mitchell's Back Story. I've written about David Mitchell (not the fiction author, the other one) before, crediting him as a major influence on my writing style , so I suppose it's no surprise that I enjoyed his book to the full. It was released in October 2012, but I had read a slew of British comedians's autobiographies at the time, all of which