White Male Stand Up

<p>Following <i>Just Ignore Him,</i> the bestselling memoir of his traumatic childhood, <i>White Male Stand-Up</i> is what happened next to Alan Davies. <br><br>It''s the story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.<br><br>With a cast of well-known comedians, actors, agents and producers, Alan awkwardly navigates his life from the camaraderie of the comedy circuit via life-changing fame as TV''s <i>Jonathan Creek,</i> to the unwelcome realisation that most people know him from a bank advert and think he''s had a perm.<br><br>Written thoughtfully and with brutal honesty, it''s a story of uplifting highs and painful lows, of success and excess, and the dangers of both. How Alan Davies survived it - and very nearly didn''t - is the compelling story of <i>White Male Stand