Jimmy carr autobiography of a face

How he turned his life around 'through the redemptive power of dick jokes'

Jimmy Carr is to publish his memoirs this autumn, charting his change from a boring corporate life to ‘fake-toothed donkey-laugh plastic-haired comedy mannequin’, in the words of publishers Quercus.

The title –  Before & Laughter: A Life-Changing Book – is described as a cross between autobiography.

According to the blurb, ‘In his mid-twenties, Jimmy was bored, boring, unfulfilled and underachieving.

He wasn’t exactly depressed, but he was very sad. Think of a baby owl whose mum has recently died in a windmill accident. He was that sad. This book tells the story of how Jimmy turned it around and got happy, through the redemptive power of dick jokes.

‘Written to take advantage of the brief window between the end of lockdown and Jimmy getting cancelled for saying something unforgivable to Lorraine Kelly, this book is as t