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Review ------ "A beautiful and clever book about being human. All the warmth of his comedy without the inconvenience of his face" (Russell Brand) "Disarmingly, almost alarmingly, honest. I laughed out loud 57 times" (Martin Freeman) "No one makes loneliness and anxiety as funny as Simon Amstell. Every sentence in this book is simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious" (Hadley Freeman) "Enrapturing. Touching, funny and sweet" (Alain de Botton) "Puts the fun in 'insanely honest introspection fun'" (Adam Buxton) "Amstell is a likable, self-deprecating guide to his own flaws, and has spent enough time in therapy to dissect his own navel-gazing with a nicely dry self-awareness" (Stephanie Merritt Observer) "Hilarious and heart-breaking… Simon’s unique take on the world is a reminder of the absurdity of life and the humour that can be found even in its darkest moments. Genuinely life-affirming, moving and profoundly funny" (Attitude) "Compulsively, excruciatingly honest… An heroically spiky, self-excavating read about family, fame, sex and self-discovery" (Alice Jones i) "This book blends some of the best moments from his tours to date with some eye-wateringly honest anecdotes from his life so far" (Adam Ouxbury Wing Magazine) "It’s inevitable that Simon Amstell’s memoir doesn’t fit the usual mould… In Help..., he cranks up the honesty: alongside excerpts of scripts from his shows, he relates the source material, often in almost painful depth. Depression, an unhappy childhood, family rifts – all feature in what Amstell, typically acerbic, describes as a “heroic act of self-annihiliation”" (Hannah Shaddock Radio Times) Book Description ---------------- The first book from stand-up comedian Simon Amstell