I Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan

Alan Partridge insists his new autobiography be shelved in the ‘classics’ section of Waterstone’s. I Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan (HarperCollins) is a classic in its own way, a hilarious romp through the disturbed psyche of Steve Coogan’s finest comedy character. At times Partridge is so precisely observed it is easy to forget he’s fictional. In the book he trawls through the brief high of his prime-time BBC chat show and the painful lows of his career, including the infamous Toblerone addiction that ended in breakdown and a barefoot drive to Dundee. The relentless self-delusion never gets tiring, making this one of the finest memoirs to be published this year.