Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook release of Alanatomy. Written and browse by Alan Carr.

It must seem strange for you that I’ve called a publication Alanatomy.

For anyone who has taken enough time to find out my stand-up performances or watched my chat display, ‘Chattyman’, knows that my own body has hardly been kind if you ask me – actually there’ve been times when we’ve actually stopped talking to each other. Balding, myopic, often flaky with psoriasis, back extra fat that hangs suspended just like a cape, a about Alanatomy: The Inside Story voice that could strip varnish, an extremely dodgy hip and even dodgier tooth. Why would you draw focus on it? you must ask. Couldn’t you merely call the book something else? Do you think the Great United kingdom Public is ready to pore over the body?

Well, mainly because I switch forty and take share of my showbiz life over the last ten years or so, I’ve learnt to embrace my imperfections and face my shortcomings. In fact, strange as it might seem, the things I hate about myself have grown to be my brand and I am gradually, begrudgingly learning to, if not love them, to at least live with them. I am ready now to have a lengthy hard look at myself and that is what Alanatomy is usually. It’s the story of my rise to popularity: the joys, the traumas, the celebrations, the disappointments. Hopefully you will see it witty, fun, heartwarming, but moreover honest, which it will keep you entertained each time you select it up.

Alanatomy is the opportunity for you to get beneath my skin and start to see the real me because, and to continue the anatomical theme if I may, this showbiz lifetime can sometimes feel like an autopsy – picked in, probed and scrutinized with every inches of the body held up for evaluation, but unlike an actual autopsy, you have become much alive.

So I offer you Alanatomy: The Inside Story. I am laying myself out on the slab for your entertainment; nude, stripped bare. Grab your scalpel, peel back your skin and proceed deep, have a good outdated probe around within my life up to now. Yes, you will find guts, a fair little bit of cheek, maybe even a little bit of gristle, but hopefully, you’ll find a lot of heart.