Rising to the Surface traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work.
We follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programmes, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, and stand-up gigs in New York.
But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.
| ISBN: | 9780571368778 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2022 |
| Author: | Sir Lenny Henry |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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