Frys Ties, Stephen Fry
Frys Ties, Stephen Fry
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Fry's Ties
The Life and Times of a Tie Collection

Author: Stephen Fry

Narrator: Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Fry

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/15/2023

Synopsis

Anyone can wear a tie. All you need is a neck, a shirt, and a feel for color.

Discover the story of a gentleman’s most distinguished accessory. In this charming volume, the iconic actor and bestselling author Stephen Fry excavates his epic collection of neckties. From the traditional "egg and bacon" colors of the Marylebone Cricket Club, to the exuberant dalmatian
pattern of a 1980s Nicole Miller design, each tie tells a story.

The book includes an essay about Fry’s own necktie journey. Simply sit back and enjoy this informative and witty tour of history, culture, art, and design, peppered with amusing anecdotes.

About Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry was born in London in 1957 and educated at Stout's Hill, Uppingham, and Queens' College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he joined the Footlights, where he first met Hugh Laurie. He has numerous television appearances to his credit, most notably, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, Blackadder, QI, and House. Major film roles include Peter in Peter's Friends (1990) and Oscar Wilde in Wilde (1997); in the realm of television, his critically acclaimed The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive won an Emmy. He is the author of the best selling novels The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History, and Revenge: A Novel, as well as the highly acclaimed autobiography Moab Is My Washpot and, in 2005, a well-received guide to writing poetry, The Ode Less Travelled.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fefyy on August 15, 2023

3,5 ⭐ ROUNDED UP Stephen Fry can do no wrong in my eyes. He could narrate the phone book to me and I'd be the happiest girl in town... A book about his tie collection with random sartorial facts and anecdotes? I 👏🏻 AM 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 Also I can't believe he had Juliet Stevenson coming into a studio to narrate......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on March 29, 2022

It's Easy reading with little nuggets of information scattered throughout the journey of times and places and memories.......more

Goodreads review by Max on March 13, 2022

Великолепный панегирик с картинками — даже не столько самим галстукам, как об этом заявляется в названии, сколько британской (и, шире, западной) цивилизации, выраженной через материальную культуру (потребления, в том числе, и ничего плохого в этом нет), установленном порядку вещей (той самой британс......more

Goodreads review by MissSophie on December 22, 2021

What an absolutely wonderful book! I love Fry's witty writing and his stories.......more

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