Stephen Fry is one of the great originals. This autobiography of his first twenty years is a pleasure to read, mixing outrageous acts with sensible opinions in bewildering confusion. That so much outward charm, self-awareness and intellect should exist alongside behaviour that threatened to ruin the lives of innocent victims, noble parents and Fry himself, gives the book a tragic grandeur and lifts it to classic status. – Financial Times

          A remarkable, perhaps even unique, exercise in autobiography – that aroma of authenticity that is the point of all great autobiographies; of which this, I rather think, is one – Evening Standard. 

          He writes superbly about his family, about his homosexuality, about the agonies of childhood – some of his bursts of smile take the breath away- his most satisfying and appealing book so far – Observer