The number one bestseller andampampamp160Sunday Timesampampamp160Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.ampampamplsquoThe most lifeaffirming joyful read of the yearampampamprsquo ampampamp160Sunday TimesampampamplsquoWinningly heartfeltampampamprsquo ampampampndashampampamp160The GuardianampampamplsquoA triumphampampamprsquo ampampampndashampampamp160Daily Mail Bob Mortimerampampamprsquos life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoirampampamp160And Awayampampamphellip Although his childhood in Middlesbrough was normal on the surface it was tinged by the loss of his dad and his own various misadventures now infamous from his appearances onampampamp160Would I Lie to You from burning down the family home to starting a shortlived punk band called Dog Dirt.