One Sinha Lifetime

Author Paul Sinha
Narrator Paul Sinha
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Publish Date 20 June 2024
Run Time 7 hours and 34 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Biography and non-fiction prose, Comedy and stand-up, Hobbies, quizzes and games, Memoirs, The Arts.

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'That night, I'd survived my life flashing before me, with my dignity intact.
Yes, this chaotic life has always been a gamble.
...But what a gamble.'

Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a quizzing mastermind and a happily-married husband. But it hasn't always been this way.

As a boy, Paul struggled to find his place in a world where he didn't quite fit. Who was he? A smart young man with the world's knowledge at his fingertips? A traditional Bengali son, destined for a career in medicine that he didn't want? A gay man who couldn't quite come out? A man on a self-destruct mission?

Amid life's chaos, it was general knowledge - the security of clear questions with correct, if not always simple, answers - that kept Paul sane, even as he struggled into a new life as a stand-up comedian. And it was an unexpected introduction to a pub quiz team that took things even further, introducing him to a new life, a new identity, and, eventually, new love...

A hilarious and moving coming-of-age memoir of one man's search for meaning, One Sinha Lifetime is an unforgettable story of love, family, and the joy of general knowledge.

©2024 Paul Sinha (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

Just when I thought I had the market sewn up for memoirs about gay former doctors who went to Dulwich College then the University of London, here comes this wonderful book by Paul Sinha. Uncompromisingly honest, and just as funny as his stand-up (which is very funny indeed).

Adam Kay

One Sinha Lifetime is smart, funny and thoroughly entertaining. Paul Sinha is as sharp and witty when heu2019s recounting the worst days of his life, as he is when re-living the best and I simply couldnu2019t get enough! I loved it!

Janice Hallett

A lovely and funny book.

Miles Jupp

One Sinha Lifetime is an eloquent, pithy, painfully honest book in which the subject doesnu2019t shy away from his flaws. It is not particularly about comedy because there has been so much more to his life. He doesnu2019t attempt to paint a picture of himself as perfect. He admits to having alcohol problems, gambling problems and relationship struggles. He knew he was gay from an early age but always feared coming out to his parents. In the end, of course, when they found out it was simply not an issue. One Sinha Lifetime is not just laugh-out-loud funny, it is inspiring too.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke

Paul's book is beautiful, sad, funny and a reminder of the fragility of this thing called life. Love shines through it. The love of his family, his husband, his quizzing and his comedy. I cannot though, however hard I try, imagine him stood in front of a Jongleurs audience. That simply does not compute. Everyone needs to check out Perfect Pub Quiz, his Radio 4 show. One of the best things out there.

Iain Lee, broadcaster & counsellor

I loved Paul's autobiography (and it has the best title Iu2019ve seen in some time!). Lots of fascinating insights into the worlds of quizzing and comedy, disarming honesty, great jokes and some deliciously waspish pen portraits of people heu2019s met along the wayu2026

Matt Green, comedian & actor

One Sinha Lifetime is as funny as you'd expect from as brilliant and witty a stand-up as Paul Sinha, but you might not be prepared for how raw, open and honest it is. So much more than a memoir of a comedian, this is a story of love and loneliness, of loss and triumph and it speaks quite beautifully to the balancing act second generation immigrants have to pull off to find a way to be who we really are. You'll cheer Paul every step of the way as he navigates that tricky path with bravery and humour.

Nick Ahad, writer & broadcaster

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