Joker

The hilarious and candid autobiography of Paul Smith, the UK's fastest growing and most exciting stand-up comedian.'You alright, mate? What's your name?'In the biggest comedy club in the world, Paul Smith picks a face out of the crowd and strikes up a conversation. Moments later, the room erupts with laughter. Cameras capture the interaction, a comedian at the top of his game, another audience encounter that will soon go viral. It wasn't always this easy.As Paul prepares for the biggest show of his life, he never imagined that a struggling comic with stage fright would make it so far. Or that record-breaking crowds from every corner of the country would flock to hear his stories, finding the experiences of an ordinary bloke from Canny Farm Estate, Liverpool, so relatable.In Joker, Paul charts his meteoric rise to fame, providing a hilarious portrait of his scouse childhood, writing candidly about his family's struggles, and reflecting on how he eventually discovered his comic voice.As Paul recounts a series of increasingly unlikely adventures - from schoolboy street fights to the MMA octagon, from skint taxi rank operator to supercar owner, from struggling comedian to star attraction - he shares his deeply moving, hopeful and wildly funny life story.