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I Know Nothing!

The Autobiography

By (author) Mr Andrew Sachs
Foreword by John Cleese
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Biteback Publishing, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Robson Press
Published: 22nd May 2015
Dimensions: w 128mm h 198mm d 20mm
Weight: 347g
ISBN-10: 1849549001
ISBN-13: 9781849549004
Barcode No: 9781849549004
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A few weeks before Kristallnacht in November 1938, Andrew Sachs looked on as Nazi officers arrested his father while the family was eating in a restaurant. The son of a Jewish father and a lapsed Catholic mother, a few days later he watched as the Nazis burned and looted Jewish shops on the streets of Berlin. The boy who witnessed these events before he and his family escaped to London would later become famous for being the butt of comic cruelties in Fawlty Towers. However, the journey to Torquay, where the iconic series was set, was a long and unexpected one. I Know Nothing recounts anecdotes of Sachs' bizarre adolescence, his early days in rep, and later working with a galaxy of stars including Rex Harrison, Norman Wisdom, Noel Coward, Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Peter Sellers and Dame Edith Evans. It tells of how he eventually came to team up with John Cleese on the show that would make him famous as the hapless waiter from Barcelona. Charming, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly compelling, I Know Nothing is the rich life story of one of Britain's best-loved character actors.

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'The harrowing, inspiring life of Andrew Sachs.' Roger Lewis, The Spectator; 'An engaging and often touching account of someone who has gone through life hell-bent on squeezing as much enjoyment out of it as he can.' Mail on Sunday; 'There is, however, a lot more to the memoir than Manuel... as well as telling a jolly showbiz tale, he can also strike a more serious and insightful tone when the subject matter requires it.' The Times