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Comedy genius, from Norfolk to New Zealand
lan Partridge is undoubtedly one of the greatest characters in the annals of British comedy. Over the last 32 years, Steve Coogan and his collaborators have created a richly textured inner and exterior life for the oft-thwarted Norfolk-based broadcaster, hence why fictional self-authored books such as – his third volume of memoirs – work so beautifully. They’re undiluted Alan, the perfect way to explore the full unreliable narrator comic potential of his complex psyche.