Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

by Eddie Izzard

Glad I got the audio edition as it definitely added a lot to have Eddie's voice narrating. Weird, zany, random, and (at times) very vulnerable. Also long. So so so long.* 

I have followed Eddie Izzard's career for a long time. In fact, Eddie was one of the first queer stand-up comedians I ever saw on television and I was pretty much instantly smitten from Dress to Kill onwards. I also enjoy Eddie's more dramatic work, such as on Hannibal and the Riches. I have also seen the Believe documentary, which won some big awards and inspired me to learn a second language. 

Due of the aforementioned points, my opinion is very extremely incredibly biased.  I was going to like Believe Me no matter what. 

I actually started listening to this one months ago, during my commute to and from the grocery store. Because of this, my experience of this book was very spread out. 20 minutes here, 30 minutes there, month long break, an hour on the weekend. 

I think this was beneficial to my experience because it could get tiresome to listen to if you tried to marathon it. 

I'll definitely miss spending my commute with Eddie. Would recommend to fans of the comedian and/or queer lit. If you don't have time to get through the audiobook, the documentary would be a nice substitute. It isn't as in-depth, but it is well made. 

*Footnote: There are a lot of footnotes. Like a lot.  Probably half the book is footnotes.