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And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy&#8217; <i>Observer<\/i><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;Arguably the greatest living Englishman&#8217; <i>Independent on Sunday<\/i><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;Extremely enjoyable&#8217; <i>Sunday Times<br \/> <\/i><br \/> &#8216;Fry&#8217;s linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence&#8217; <i>Daily Telegraph<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Stephen Fry&#8217;s <i>The Fry Chronicles<\/i>, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man&#8217;s formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Fry&#8217;s film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. 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