具体描述
Him & Me is a hugely entertaining and irreverent account of a unique relationship between a father and son. Written in two distinctive styles, it reflects the larger-than-life personalities of its authors, Jack and Michael Whitehall.
'This book is a portrait of the pretty odd relationship I have with my elderly father. It's given me an opportunity to share memories of him losing his temper with foreigners on holidays, being rude to my mother's family at Christmas and failing epically during the fathers' race at my prep school. He's also written some stories about me, but can I just say, before you read anything, that I recall being a calm, well-behaved and learned child, not the intellectually subnormal, mal-coordinated dipshit that he paints me as. Nor am I, as he suggests inside, a sex addict, a flasher or a Scientologist.' Jack
'How dare Jack refer to me as elderly! People always tell me how young I look for my age. In this book, I have at last been able to recount the many occasions when I have been let down by my only son. He failed on the stage, the sports field and he even screwed up the interview for his first boarding school by pretending he had mental health issues. Despite being practically illiterate, he tells stories about me, strewn with grammatical errors and peppered with endless exaggerations and lies. I was a kind, doting father, who guided his son through his formative years with love, care and respect.' Michael
'I'm not your only son, what about Barnaby?'
'Oh yes, I forgot about Barnaby.'
Packed with anecdotes, some embarrassing and indiscreet, many warm and touching, Him & Me is lavishly illustrated with family photographs and Jack's original illustrations. Friends, relatives, neighbours, teachers, actors, none are safe once Jack and Michael have opened up the Whitehall archives and shared their hilarious memories with us.
作者简介
Jack Whitehall is a comedian, actor and television presenter. Following his first solo show at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he has subsequently won numerous comedy awards, most recently King of Comedy, voted for by the public at both the 2012 and 2013 British Comedy Awards. A regular guest on panel shows, including Have I Got News For You and A League of Their Own, he is currently starring in two hit TV series: Bad Education for the BBC, which he also wrote, and the award-winning Channel 4 series Fresh Meat in which he plays JP. Jack's new national arena tour Jack Whitehall Gets Around played to sell-out audiences across the country and will be available on DVD this Autumn.
Michael Whitehall as a theatrical agent has been involved in the careers of many eminent actors, including Colin Firth, Richard Griffiths, Angela Thorne, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Day Lewis, Nigel Havers and Judi Dench. He is also a television and theatre producer. His memoir Shark Infested Waters was published in 2007 and is currently being developed for television. He appeared with Jack at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Backchat, which was subsequently commissioned by BBC TV as a six-part series and screened in the Autumn of 2013. A second series is due for transmission in the Summer of 2014. He recently fulfilled his lifelong ambition of appearing in Dictionary Corner on Countdown.
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初次翻开这本书时，我对它的期待其实是比较保守的，毕竟市面上有太多同质化的作品了。然而，这本书出乎意料地展现了一种独特的、近乎诗意的叙事风格，语言本身就具有一种令人着迷的韵律感。作者似乎非常擅长运用意象和象征，将一些宏大的主题，比如时间的流逝、记忆的不可靠性，用非常个人化和具体的方式呈现出来。我特别喜欢其中关于环境描写的段落，那些文字不仅仅是背景，它们仿佛成为了角色情绪的延伸，场景和心境达到了完美的融合。阅读过程中，我感觉自己像是在欣赏一幅精心绘制的油画，每一个笔触都充满了深意。当然，情节的推进略显缓慢，这可能不适合追求快节奏刺激的读者，但对我来说，这种慢，恰恰提供了一种沉思的空间。它迫使我去放慢自己的阅读速度，去体会字里行间那些微妙的情感变化和哲思。总而言之，这是一本需要用心去感受的书，它带来的阅读体验是宁静而又充满启发的，值得反复阅读，每次都会有新的感悟。
这本小说简直是一场情感的过山车，我被深深地吸引住了，以至于好几天都沉浸在作者构建的那个世界里无法自拔。故事的开端处理得极其巧妙，那种铺陈和悬念的设置，让你忍不住想一页接着一页读下去，想知道接下来会发生什么。角色塑造得非常立体，尤其是主角们，他们的挣扎、他们的选择，都让人感同身受。作者对于人物内心细腻的描摹，简直达到了令人拍案叫绝的地步。我尤其欣赏作者在描写冲突场景时的笔法，没有冗长无谓的争吵，而是通过精确到位的对话和肢体语言，将人物之间暗流涌动的张力展现得淋漓尽致。读到某些转折点时，我甚至能清晰地感受到心脏漏跳了一拍，那种震撼感是很少有作品能带给我的。而且，这本书的节奏控制得非常好，高潮迭起，但在紧张过后，总会留出恰到好处的喘息空间，让读者有机会消化刚刚经历的情感冲击。看到最后，那种意犹未尽的感觉久久不散，它不仅仅是一个故事的结束，更像是一段真实人生体验的谢幕。我向所有热爱深度叙事和复杂人性的读者强烈推荐这本书，它绝对值得你投入时间细细品味。
说实话，这本书的开头差点让我放弃。它采用了非常规的叙事手法，信息量巨大，人物关系复杂，初读时确实有些吃力，感觉像是在解一个非常复杂的谜团。但如果能坚持读过前三分之一，你会发现作者的用心所在。一旦你适应了这种叙事节奏，你会惊叹于作者构建的这个世界观的完整性和逻辑自洽性。它不依赖于常见的文学套路，而是创造了一套属于自己的规则和美学。我最欣赏的是作者对细节的偏执程度，无论是虚构的科学原理，还是那些精心设计的仪式感场景，都描绘得栩栩如生，充满了可信度。这不仅仅是一部小说，它更像是一份详尽的、充满想象力的文明记录。对于那些喜欢硬核设定和深度世界构建的读者来说，这本书无疑是一座宝藏。它要求读者投入精力去理解和构建属于自己的理解框架，但回报也是丰厚的，它提供的智力上的满足感是其他轻量级读物无法比拟的。我建议大家在阅读时准备好笔记，以便梳理人物谱系和关键事件的时间线。
这本书最大的亮点，毫无疑问是它对社会现实的犀利洞察与批判。它没有停留在表面的描绘，而是深入挖掘了体制与个人意志之间的矛盾，探讨了在强大的社会结构面前，个体如何保持自我认同的艰难历程。我尤其被其中关于道德困境的描写所触动，那些角色并非非黑即白，他们的选择往往是在两难甚至多难的境地中做出的妥协或反抗，这使得整个故事的张力达到了一个极高的层次。作者的叙事视角转换得非常流畅自然，从宏观的社会背景到微观的个体心理活动，切换得毫无滞涩感。读到某些情节时，我甚至会感到一种强烈的代入感，仿佛自己正身处那个时代背景之下，亲身经历了那些艰难的抉择。这本书的结构设计非常精巧，环环相扣，最后的揭秘部分处理得干净利落，没有给读者留下太多故弄玄虚的空洞感，而是提供了充分的逻辑支撑。看完之后，我花了好长时间来整理思绪，因为它引发了我对许多现有社会现象的重新审视和思考，算得上是一部非常有重量感的作品。
我被这本书中那种近乎残酷的真实感深深震撼了。它没有试图去美化任何事物，无论是爱情、友情还是亲情，作者都用一种冷静甚至有些疏离的笔触去剖析它们最原始、最脆弱的一面。这种坦诚令人敬佩，也让人在阅读过程中感到一种微妙的不安，因为你总觉得书中角色的痛苦是如此贴近自己的生活，触手可及。情节的设计非常巧妙，它用一种看似线性实则充满了回忆与闪回的方式，将过去和现在交织在一起，让读者逐步拼凑出人物性格形成的完整轨迹。尤其值得称赞的是，作者在处理那些看似无足轻重的生活片段时，总能赋予它们深层的象征意义，让日常琐事也充满了戏剧张力。这本书给我的感觉是，它不是在“讲述”一个故事，而是在“展示”一段人生。它教会了我如何去观察那些被我们习以为常的情感褶皱，并从中看到更深层次的人性真相。读完之后，我感觉自己的情感世界被重新校准了一次，这种深刻的反思力量，是衡量一部好作品的重要标准。
难怪他的routine实在缺少生活——这位小伙儿就根本没有生活。he so sheltered he ain't knows nothin'. ←这样。跟他爹更是没法比。posh却不能footlights posh，无life无struggle没有street cred。捂脸。anyway（有声）书娱乐性还是很不错的——全靠他爹。dynamic很好。他还真好意思说自己libdem被亲爹偷选票，完全不信他有那 rebel 的腰杆子。
当作睡前故事听完了，还蛮好笑的，老爷子不愧是混迹于娱乐圈的，讲故事造笑料实在太会了。（求注意梗的使用频率＝。＝）
难怪他的routine实在缺少生活——这位小伙儿就根本没有生活。he so sheltered he ain't knows nothin'. ←这样。跟他爹更是没法比。posh却不能footlights posh，无life无struggle没有street cred。捂脸。anyway（有声）书娱乐性还是很不错的——全靠他爹。dynamic很好。他还真好意思说自己libdem被亲爹偷选票，完全不信他有那 rebel 的腰杆子。
我是因为喜欢Jack Whitehall才知道他父亲的，但读这本书加看Fresh Meat却让我脱粉了，而且我现在很期待看到Michael Whitehall的所有作品。虽说是父子关系吧，但人和人不要随便比较……（除去当成幽默小品来读以外，这本书意外的展现了我从没见识过的坚定不移爱护孩子的父亲，我真的非常的受到震撼……甚至不知道自己对Jack脱粉有多大程度是因为嫉妒？！？
难怪他的routine实在缺少生活——这位小伙儿就根本没有生活。he so sheltered he ain't knows nothin'. ←这样。跟他爹更是没法比。posh却不能footlights posh，无life无struggle没有street cred。捂脸。anyway（有声）书娱乐性还是很不错的——全靠他爹。dynamic很好。他还真好意思说自己libdem被亲爹偷选票，完全不信他有那 rebel 的腰杆子。
