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  <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">20</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">11</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[Michael Edward Palin, CBE, is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries.

Palin wrote most of his material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as &lt;i&gt;The Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Do Not Adjust Your Set&lt;/i&gt;. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including &quot;The Dead Parrot&quot;, &quot;The Lumberjack Song&quot;, &quot;The Spanish Inquisition&quot; and &quot;Spam&quot;. Palin continued to work with Jones, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as &lt;i&gt;A Fish Called Wanda&lt;/i&gt;, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

After Python, he began a new career as a travel writer. His journeys have taken him across the world, the North and South Poles, the Sahara desert, the Himalayas and most recently, Eastern Europe. In 2000 Palin became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to television.
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  <title><![CDATA[Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 (Palin Diaries, #1)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>174</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
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        <book id="221304">
  <title><![CDATA[Around the World in 80 Days: Companion to the Pbs Series]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.05</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>150</ratings_count>
  <published>1989</published>  
  
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        <book id="272169">
  <title><![CDATA[Hemingway's Chair]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13819.Michael_Palin]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.31</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>179</ratings_count>
  <published>1995</published>  
  
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        <book id="40858">
  <title><![CDATA[Himalaya]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13819.Michael_Palin]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.99</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>135</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
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        <book id="35062">
  <title><![CDATA[Sahara]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13819.Michael_Palin]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>129</ratings_count>
  <published>2002</published>  
  
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        <book id="1080286">
  <title><![CDATA[Pole to Pole]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.16</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>102</ratings_count>
  <published>1992</published>  
  
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        <book id="45553">
  <title><![CDATA[Full Circle]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13819.Michael_Palin]]></link>
    </author>
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  <average_rating>4.03</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>99</ratings_count>
  <published>1997</published>  
  
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        <book id="1282268">
  <title><![CDATA[Michael Palin's Hemingway's Adventure]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.73</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>81</ratings_count>
  <published>1999</published>  
  
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        <book id="1375861">
  <title><![CDATA[New Europe]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13819.Michael_Palin]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.76</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>58</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
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        <book id="57680">
  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Ripping Yarns]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palin]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13819.Michael_Palin]]></link>
    </author>
        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Terry Jones]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/604476]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.80</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
  <published>1990</published>  
  
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