To
his many friends as well as his legion of fans, Peter Cook was quite simply the
funniest man ever. His unique gifts and the way he led the transformation of British
comedy (from music hall to perverse absurdity) and his clear comic influence on
Monty Python's Flying Circus and every show since, has been much written about.
This is the first collection of Cook's writings. Tragically, I Was an
Only Twin gathers the treasures of Cook's comic career, from school and university
via Beyond the Fringe alongside Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore,
to his surreal, satirical journalism for Private Eye magazine. It includes his
monologues, the cream of his irreverent essays, and highlights from his much celebrated
partnerships with Dudley Moore as Pete & Dud and Derek & Clive. Illustrated
with his own drawings, this is the first, the only, and certainly the definitive
collection of the transformative genius of comedy that was Peter Cook.
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