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Stalin ate my homework

Title
Stalin ate my homework / by Alexei Sayle.
Author
Sayle, Alexei.
Publication
London : Sceptre, 2010.

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Book/TextUse in library PR6069.A986 Z46 2010Off-site

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Description
viii, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Alexei Sayle was born in Liverpool on the day egg rationing came to an end. His family ate salad. They read the Soviet Weekly. They travelled on transcontinental trains, and in the back of futuristic limousines. They saw Communism in action and ate strange smelling sausages. His mother was very keen on boiled eggs and the Moscow State Circus. Teachers were scared of her. His father was a union leader who made friends wherever he went. He thought he was fluent in Esperanto. Alexei became a member of the Czechoslovakian Young Pioneers. Sometimes he was bored and other times confused. He thought he might be a great athlete, or maybe a famous artist. He spent a lot of time inventing complex explanations for the bizarre behaviour of grown-ups. Slowly it dawned on him that telling stories was a good way of making sense of his perplexing world.
Subject
  • Sayle, Alexei
  • Sayle, Alexei
  • 1900-1999
  • Authors, English > 20th century > Biography
  • Comedians > Great Britain > Biography
  • Authors, English
  • Comedians
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
Biographies.
ISBN
  • 9780340919576
  • 0340919574
  • 9780340919583
  • 0340919582
  • 9780340919590
  • 0340919590
LCCN
2010530205
OCLC
  • ocn615842696
  • 615842696
  • SCSB-14060295
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library