A Liar’s Autobiography

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book comedy book memoir

A Liar’s Autobiography is a surreal, comedic memoir by Monty Python member Graham Chapman that blends fact and fiction to chronicle his life and career.

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A Liar’s Autobiography canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
comedy book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
about British comedy ⓘ
Chapman’s career ⓘ
Chapman’s personal life ⓘ
Graham Chapman ⓘ
Monty Python ⓘ
adaptationSubject Graham Chapman’s life as depicted in the book ⓘ
adaptationType animated film ⓘ
associatedWith Monty Python ⓘ
surface form: Monty Python comedy troupe
author Graham Chapman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
features exaggerated anecdotes ⓘ
fictionalized episodes ⓘ
self-referential humor ⓘ
unreliable narration ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Graham Chapman ⓘ
hasNarrativeStyle blend of fact and fiction ⓘ
surreal ⓘ
hasNarrativeTone comic ⓘ
intendedEffect humorous distortion of autobiography conventions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice absurdist humor ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
mediaAdaptation A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor mixing real events with invented stories ⓘ
self-mythologizing portrayal of Graham Chapman ⓘ
parodies traditional celebrity memoirs ⓘ
portrays Graham Chapman as both narrator and subject ⓘ
subjectMatter Chapman’s childhood ⓘ
Chapman’s sexuality ⓘ
Chapman’s struggles with alcohol ⓘ
Chapman’s time at Cambridge ⓘ
Chapman’s work with Monty Python ⓘ
targetAudience fans of Monty Python ⓘ
readers of comedic memoirs ⓘ
titleWordplay reference to lying and autobiography ⓘ
uses fantastical sequences ⓘ
nonlinear storytelling ⓘ

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Graham Chapman → wrote → A Liar’s Autobiography ⓘ
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman → basedOn → A Liar’s Autobiography ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Liar’s Autobiography (book)