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Buy this book on-line DJALILI, OMID: : HOPEFUL. [Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP,2014. ISBN 9781472218612.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 2.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black felt-tip ink inscrptn: 'To Chris + Sarah Omid D[jalil] i ' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - one dog-ear reading crease to pp13/4s' corners and a small fold/crease to foot of pp299-310 - some with a tiny,tiny snick. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-312p [paginated] includes 31 chapters and an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title page, author SIGNED+dedicated title page,a dedication, and an epigram.
Omid Djalili's fascinating story begins with an unconventional childhood spent at his family's London guesthouse for visiting Iranians.At school he is kept busy with the beginnings of a passionate love affair with football but he hopes one day to live a more intellectually fulfilled life.For one wonderful summer in California,it seems that maybe he will find his spiritual home at UCLA.Sadly his exam results don't quite hit the mark (it's difficult to study astrophysics at one of he world's top universities without O-level maths) and so,ever hopeful,Omid returns home to spend the next three years sitting his A-levels again,and again,and again.
Eventually,in a moment of madness,he concludes that the best way to achieve the desired A-level results is to improve his certificates. Travelling to the University of Ulster he finds true connection and relaxing solitude despite the backdrop of Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles and nearly being killed by paramilitaries.Here he decides that a life in show business is the only secure option he has left,and what follows is a hilarious and captivating insight into the life of a young performer who embraces his cultural identity, works harder than anyone else,and doesn't give up until he has hung out with Brad Pitt in Morocco,injured himself severely while showing off in front of Kate Winslet,and shared an 'intimate moment' with Oliver Reed in Gladiator.
Full of warmth and intelligence that makes Omid such a successful comedian and sought-after actor,this memoir takes us on a joyously vivid journey through an unusually British life.
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