Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry6/30/2023 ![]() Stephen Fry as a pseudonym of the author. In addition to writing for stage, screen, television and radio he has contributed columns and articles for numerous newspapers and magazines, and has also written four successful novels and a series of memoirs. He is also famous for his roles in Blackadder and Wilde, and as the host of QI. As one half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his comedy partner, Hugh Laurie, he has appeared in A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Stephen Frys book Moab is my Washpot is an autobiography that covers the first twenty years of his life. Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, poet, columnist, filmmaker, television personality and technophile. ![]() ![]() As one half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his comedy partner, Hugh Laurie, he has appeared in A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. ![]() Moab is My Washpot, the remarkable story of Stephen Frys tumultuous early life, is by turns funny, shocking, tender, delicious, sad, lyrical, bruisingly frank and addictively readable. You might be surprised to know that Stephen Fry is one of them. Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, poet, columnist, filmmaker, television personality and technophile. Few people serve time in prison before studying at Cambridge. ![]()
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