Steve Coogan was born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s. From an early age he entertained his family with impressions and was often told he should 'be on the telly'. Failing to get into any of the London-based drama schools, he accepted a place at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and was given his first break as a voice artist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image. The late eighties and early nineties saw Coogan developing characters from Ernest Moss to Paul Calf, and in 1992 he won a Perrier Award with John Thomson. It was around the same time that Alan Partridge emerged, almost fully formed. Coogan, once a tabloid fixture, is now a respected film actor, writer and producer. He has a raft of films to his name (from 24 Hour Party People to Alpha Papa, the critically acclaimed Partridge film), six BAFTAs and seven British Comerdy Awards. He has found huge success in recent years with both The Trip and Philomena, the latter bringing him two Oscar nominations. In Easily Distracted he lifts the lid on the real Steve Coogan, writing with distinctive humour and an unexpected candour about a noisy childhood surrounded by foster kids, his attention-seeking teenage years and his emergence as a household name with the birth of Alan Partridge. Publisher: Penguin Random House Year: 2015 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781780892399 Condition: Good Description: A shadow of a previous retailer's sticker on the front cover. This image is of the actual book.
