The Life of Graham

The Authorised Biography of Graham Chapman

Bob McCabe

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Orion
11 January 2007

Dance & Performing arts; Biography: general; Fiction-related items; Media Reference

Graham Chapman was the quiet, pipe-smoking Python who qualified as a doctor. He was the policeman's son whose tweed-jacketed demeanour belied his true anarchic nature. More than any other Python he lived the complete lunacy of the show.

Chapman was a founding member of an infamous drinking club with The Who's drummer, Keith Moon and at the height of his drinking - which started out as a nerve-calmer for performances - he would consume eight pints of gin a day. He fearlessly flaunted his homosexuality at a time when it was certainly not the done thing.

Graham Chapman died in 1989 with brilliant comic timing on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the first recording of Python. A huge celebratory Python party was cancelled as a result and Terry Jones harrumphed Chapman's death as 'the greatest act of party-pooping in history'.

Bob McCabe has had the full co-operation of Sherlock and the Pythons in writing this fascinating and revealing account of the life of one of British comedy's best-loved figures.

By: Bob McCabe
Imprint: Orion
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 234g
ISBN: 9780752865003
ISBN 10: 0752865005
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 11 January 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bob McCabe broadcasts on film for Radio 1 and is associate editor of Film Guide. He has contributed to Empire and Q magazines, the Evening Standard, Daily Mirror and Daily Express, and was film editor of Vox.

Reviews for The Life of Graham: The Authorised Biography of Graham Chapman

'Python fans will be pleased with the new insights into the work while even those unable to recite every word of the sketches will engage with a troubled, complex man whose story is simply and sympathetically told' THE OBSERVER