Critical Reception
The book garnered mostly positive reviews. The Sun called it "candid, funny and moving." The Observer claimed it was "better written and more entertaining than any number of the celebrity autobiographies that clog the shelves of bookshops." However, some reviews were less complimentary: Private Eye Magazine called it "dismal and masturbatory." Comedian Stewart Lee, whom Brand cited as an influence, said of the book "you can read Russell Brand's autobiography and dismiss it as rubbish if you like or you can dismiss it as rubbish without reading it, to save time" The book won the Biography of the year at the 2008 British Book Awards and the Outstanding Literary Achievement at the 2009 Spike Guys' Choice Awards.
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