num_pages: 247
description: At the age of 9 Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday camp talent competition smashing the other competitor a young girl playing the kazoo.The gig went so well that Romesh retired his comic genius for twenty-two years hiding behind the guise of a maths teacher before finally revealing himself again (no not like that) at the tender age of 31. In 2010 Ranganathan staged his epic comeback gig to an almost silent room and has since gone on to earn his place as the most in-demand overweight vegan Sri Lankan comedian in Britain.Now for the first time he tells the full story of how he got here. From the delights of Sri Lankan hospitality to his struggles as a child teacher and now parent to his adolescent flirtation with a rap career and his attempts to make it in comedy Straight Outta Crawley is Ranganathan's hilarious and irreverent autobiography.
language: English
title: Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being
publisher: Transworld Digital