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Hiding in Plain Sight: My Life and Adventures Protecting Celebrities

Thomas LeBrun

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This heart-pounding, fast-paced story might read like fiction, but it’s one man’s true account...

Memoir Nonfiction Autobiography

ClareR (6067 KP) rated Lowest Common Denominator in Books

Feb 10, 2026

I believe Lowest Common Denominator is going to be a trilogy, and after reading this, I’m all for reading the next two.

LCD bounces around somewhat in time from toddlerhood to the present day. It’s auto fiction, really, although I had to double check that. So I suppose it’s a mix of Saisio’s autobiography that has been fictionalised in places.

I found the details of a child growing up in Finland, Saisio’s communist parents, along with 1950’s Finnish life, fascinating. It also made me curious about the war and occupation of the Russians in Finland, and I consequently did a bit of background reading about that.

I love reading translated books, and the translator, Mia Spangenberg, has made sure that this has lost none of its humour. The relationships between the narrator and their family members are so well drawn. Their experiences, traumas, upbringings and their expectations of this small child make for an engrossing read.

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Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen

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"Writing about yourself is a funny business...But in a project like this, the writer has made one...

A Taste of Love

Theodora FitzGibbon

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'I have starved in some of the most beautiful places in the world ...' The Irish Times food writer...

Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Digging Up Mother: A Love Story in Books

Oct 14, 2017 (Updated Oct 15, 2017)

Digging Up Mother: A Love Story

Doug Stanhope | 2016 | Biography, Humor & Comedy

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Crude, hilarious, and sombre at times

Listened to on Audible.

For all lovers of gonzo, Doug Stanhope reaches the top of the list of crude humour, insane experiences muddled in with bittersweet memories.

This autobiography is hilarious, and the only way to read it, is to listen to it, given there are so many 'director's comments', in which Doug and his friends discuss the incident at hand. Also the fact that he is drunk at times and will loudly burp just adds to the book so much more than skimming through the pages. While the majority is about him, it premises around his mother's life and death which have ultimately shaped him. She's no ordinary mother that's a fact.

From being a pyromaniac as a child, a teen male prostitute to telephone salesman, Stanhope has had an interesting life mixed in with drugs, alcohol, women and stand up comedy. And while you do think he's a bit of a so-and-so, it's still very funny. A great listen.