Chris's review
Michael Palin Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 by Michael Palin
For most, I would think that 600 pages of what some silly English guy thought 30 years ago would be tedious. But as a fan of Monty Python, but also someone struggling with a career of creating, I found this revealing.
Reading this book made me realize how his is the life I often wish I had.
He details accounts of Python meetings, of lunches with BBC producers and other creative types, but he also talks about watching his children grow up and seeing them in school plays and the like. He also has some particularly painful thoughts on his father's coping with Parkinson's.
It's an interesting read and, more than anything, it has rejuvenated my own journal. For that alone, it's been worthwhile to me.
Reading this book made me realize how his is the life I often wish I had.
He details accounts of Python meetings, of lunches with BBC producers and other creative types, but he also talks about watching his children grow up and seeing them in school plays and the like. He also has some particularly painful thoughts on his father's coping with Parkinson's.
It's an interesting read and, more than anything, it has rejuvenated my own journal. For that alone, it's been worthwhile to me.
