LEE EVANS is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of an eye.

But he was not always such a roaring success. The Life of Lee is an utterly hilarious and very moving autobiography charting his ups and downs on the way to the top.

Lee takes us on a darkly humorous journey through his childhood spent running wild on a Bristol housing estate, unconventional school days, and through a grim teenage period of

numerous dead-end jobs.

Also revealed is how, as a boy, Lee got his first taste of showbiz accompanying his entertainer father around the rowdy, unforgiving working-men’s club and theatre circuit.

Struggling to be accepted, this quiet, young loner always saw himself as an outsider. But he finally met the love of his life and accidentally discovered the one place where he felt at home- the stage.