SIGNED BY ALAN DAVIES
Following Just Ignore Him, the bestselling memoir of his traumatic childhood, White Male
Stand-Up is what happened next to Alan Davies. It's the story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.
With a cast of well-known comedians, actors, agents and producers, Alan awkwardly
navigates his life from the camaraderie of the comedy circuit via life-changing fame as
TV's Jonathan Creek, to the unwelcome realisation that most people know him from a
bank advert and think he's had a perm.
Written thoughtfully and with brutal honesty, it's a story of uplifting highs and painful lows,
of success and excess, and the dangers of both. How Alan Davies survived it - and very
nearly didn't - is the compelling story of White Male Stand Up.
