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Beautiful People |  | Author: Simon Doonan
Label: Collins
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 129773
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0007269544
EAN: 9780007269549
ASIN: 0007269544
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
A charming and funny memoir of escaping a bonkers family and following your dreams
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 Superb and underrated February 12, 2010
PJGE (London, UK)
'Beautiful People', the BBC2 comedy series and the Simon Doonan book which inspired the TV series are both hilarious.
Read the book AND watch the series! January 21, 2010
MR RICHARD W GROOM (buckinghamshire, United Kingdom)
If you expect this book to be a mirror image of the TV programmes you would be wrong but not, I think, disappointed. The TV series is very loosely based upon the book so you will find a very different set of colourful characters. The TV series is also set twenty years later than real life and a lot has changed in that time!
The real Simon Doonan's story is rather different.It certainly has its hilarious moments - like the time the mare he was riding gained the amorous attentions of a randy stallion! It also has its poignant episodes - like the death of a former lover from AIDS. "Mundo's diagnosis was my diagnosis", he says.
Enjoy this book. There are no 'girlfriends' but there are 'daughters'.
 Disappointing... January 5, 2010
Tom Smith (UK)
When I first started reading Beautiful People I was sure that I was going to love it but sadly ended up becoming weary of the quirky anecdotes which at first were amusing and touching but soon became tired and dull. Doonan certainly has moments of hilarious observation and parts had me laughing aloud but by the end of the book I was bored by the vacant tales. For an anecdotal read go to David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs instead!
An easy fun quick read ! October 6, 2009
Mr. C. A. Cheslett (London)
A very lighthearted (and perhaps sometimes flippant) account of life lived through the 'glory' years. It brought back happy memories of my own mispent youth and formative years in the sixties and early seventies. How wonderful it all was, no health and safety, no political correctness, no worries about the future, ample personal freedom and no big brother government watching our every move. Depressing to think it's now all gone down the pan ! It was a very easy read (cover to cover during one lazy Sunday) and I recommend this book for what it is, an easy going and fun account of an early life lived to the full when pressures were not so great.
Beautiful Read June 22, 2009
Magpie (Birmingham, UK)
This is a wonderful read for those who were 'there' in the decades mentioned in the book and for those like me who were not! I thoroughly enjoyed the BBC series that the book was based on but of course they have only a passing similarity with each other as the BBC decided to bring the time period right forward - probably due to the budget constraints of filming a period drama.
The book sets out a rather heart-warming tale of one mans desire to be with the 'Beautiful People' only to realise that the truely Beautiful People were those he left behind.
I enjoyed the references to places I went to in later years and I defy anyone not to see something in themselves in many of the characters.
This would be a great read for almost everyone - I bought a second copy for my mom!
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