Flight From Deathrow

What an odd book. With Harry Hill I'd say about 70% of his stuff I absolutely love (his stand-up, TV Burp, Alien Fun Capsule) and about 30% I don't enjoy at all (Harry Hill's Tea Time on Sky being the main example). Sadly, this book falls into the 30%. The intricate style of his wonderful early stan......more

Still as funny and mad as when I read it almost twenty years ago. If you love Harry Hill as much as I do, it’s a must-read; if you don’t, then you won’t be interested anyway. The hilarity is created by juxtaposing real life figures of entertainment and politics with invented, and largely monstrous,......more

Brilliant, laugh out loud funny. Do not read on an aeroplane, you might be asked to leave, or at least slip on a straight jacket. The story line is surreal, unreal and totally bonkers. I read it all in one day as I couldn't put it down or stop laughing. I laughed so much that my wife thought I was g......more

This book is described as Harry Hill's debut "novel", but to be perfectly honest, it doesn't really fall into that category. If it was a novel, it would be a fictional work with a coherent, cohesive storyline, characters who are acting out the details of the story, description detailing the action,......more

I’ll always have a soft spot for Harry Hill but I think this book proved that his sense of humour is best suited to the screen......more