Ramble Book

Name: Ramble Book
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.41 (32 reviews)
Author: Adam Buxton
ISBN: 9780008293369

Author: Adam Buxton

Narrator: Adam Buxton

Unabridged: 10 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/30/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts, Comedy, Family & Relationships, Humor, Arts & Entertainment

Synopsis

INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS PODCAST WITH JOE CORNISH ‘An affectionate and revealing account … Funny, sad, real, rueful.’ ‘Warm, rambling and self-aware’ The long-awaited, rambling, tender, and very funny memoir from Adam Buxton Ramble /ˈramb(ə)l/ Verb 1. walk for pleasure in the countryside. ‘Dr Buckles and Rosie the dog love rambling in the countryside.’ 2. talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way. ‘Adam rambles on about lots of consequential, compelling and personal matters in his tender, insightful, hilarious and totally unconfused memoir, .’ Ramble Book It’s also a book about the joys of going off topic and letting your mind wander. And it’s about a short, hairy, frequently confused man called Adam Buxton.

About Adam Buxton

Adam Buxton is a British comedian, podcaster, actor and director who has appeared in films such as , and as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. He is the host of , in which celebrity interviews are bookended with walks in the Norfolk countryside, where he lives with his wife, three children and dog Rosie.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on May 07, 2020

It's a great yarn - so many good stories in fact. But more than that I think it sets a new gold standard for the audio-book: original jingles for each chapter, asides and footnotes delivered as little walk-the-dog bonus rambles and then the coda of a bonus podcast episode buried at the end where he......more

Goodreads review by Craig on May 15, 2023

Great fun for any fan of ol' Buckles--sharp, funny, chockablock with good music recommendations, and surprisingly poignant in places.......more

Goodreads review by Dunj on June 08, 2020

The rambles were fine, but confirmed that not every middle-aged successful straight white man should write a memoir, no matter how humble and entertaining a person he seems to be. It won't make me stop listening to the podcast but it won't make me pick up a similar book again......more

Goodreads review by Tom on September 22, 2020

Criticising Adam Buxton would be like kicking a puppy. Kicking Rosie, even. I enjoyed listening to this. My issue is that it's pretty much all been in the podcast over the years, some of it verbatim. So what is this and who is it for? Is it for people who don't know who he is? Or is it a souvenir for......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on May 22, 2020

If you enjoy Adam Buxton, and I do, you will enjoy Ramble Book. The audiobook is narrated by Adam and it's a fun trawl through his life, and his relationship with his father. In an advert for the audiobook on his podcast, Adam jokes about his privileged upbringing, and the lack of any great hardship......more

Quotes

‘I recommend … There are wonderful, melancholy passages about his father, and Bowie, and 80s nostalgia, perfect for those of us who get teary-eyed remembering the first time we heard Dexys Midnight Runners or whatever.’ Jon Ronson ‘Give yourself some love with Adam Buxton’s funny and moving .’ ‘Had me guffawing and bawling simultaneously.’ ‘Like listening to your most goofily funny friend on his finest form.’ ‘A work that feels spontaneous and fresh… The triumph of the book is Buxton’s account of his relationship with his father. The ways in which Adam’s expectations of an emotional reconciliation fail to match reality make for some beautifully tragi-comic scenes.’ ‘An extremely funny and insightful coming-of-age story.’ ‘Eminently relatable and effortlessly readable with a penchant for sly jokes just when you don’t expect them.’