Moby-Dick

An astonishingly frank, funny, and wise memoir about growing up different. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder Series, the American profile of this multi-talented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde (which earned him a Golden Globe nomination) and his supporting role in A Civil Action. Fry tells all readers what they have been waiting for: The real story behind his first novel, The Liar, and why he wrote it. Sent to boarding school at age 7, Fry survived beatings, misery, love affairs, carnal violation, expulsion, attempted suicide, criminal conviction and imprisonment to emerge--at age 18--ready to start over in a world in which he had always felt a stranger.