Fibber in the Heat

Which is not to say that Fibber in the Heat is entirely conceit-free. Jupp begins by asking us to believe that he is best known for playing an inventor named Archie. As he appears in the sitcoms Rev and The Thick of It , while juggling a successful career in stand-up, to be told that Jupp is famous for something I have never heard of is like being told that Johnny Vegas is better-known as a consultant obstetrician.

Rev, BBC Two, review. In , Jupp was at Edinburgh University studying divinity.

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He won the part of Archie while still an undergraduate and when the series ended in with a stadium tour I know! As Jupp succumbed to doubts, his girlfriend asked what other career left so much time for watching cricket. This led to an epiphany: Jupp realised that joining the travelling press corps would allow for even more cricket, and no one would ever ask him to wear a pink kilt. Thus are great plans born. Jupp eventually succeeds in getting into the press box, only to discover that he is a natural-born fan, not an analyst.

I suspect Berry was reminded of the gnomic bemusement Hoggard showed to every question at the daily press conference. Flintoff succeeded in drawing the series, pushing himself to feats that won the title of player of the series, while hastening his rapid physical decline. It is because Jupp is a decent writer and a fine storyteller that one occasionally wishes for more.

In the acknowledgements, Jupp reveals that his publisher once boasted that he thought of himself as a DJ rather than an editor and Jupp chose not to sack him. This may have been a mistake. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Fibber in the Heat by Miles Jupp.

Fibber in the Heat by Miles Jupp. But perhaps deciding to bluff his way into the press corps during England's Test series in India wasn't his best idea. By claiming to be the cricket correspondent for BBC Scotland and getting a job with the Welsh Western Mail , Miles lands the press pass that will surely be the ticket to his dreams. Soon, he finds himself in cricket heaven - drinking with David Gower and Beefy, sharing bar room banter with Nasser Hussain and swapping diarrhoea stories with the Test Match Special team.

But struggling in the heat under the burden of his own fibs, reality soon catches up with Miles as - like a cricket-obsessed Boot from Evelyn Waugh's Scoop - he bumbles from one disaster to the next. A joyous, charming, yet cautionary tale, Fibber in the Heat is for anyone who's ever dreamt about doing nothing but watching cricket all day long.

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Jun 21, F. Miles Jupp is becoming an increasingly visible presence on British TV these days. I have young nieces, and so a certain level of exposure to these things.

One day Miles, a great cricket fan, decided that the best career to have if you want to watch lots of cricket is a cricket journalist. The book is an almost laugh out loud funny travelogue, with anecdotes of misunderstanding placed on top of misunderstanding. Of course though, if you are going to read it, it does help to like cricket. Feb 20, Ann Helen rated it really liked it. May 13, Sam rated it really liked it. Miles Jupp's book about blagging his way onto a cricket tour is so quintessentially British it almost demands to be read under an oak tree on a hot June afternoon, glass of Pimms in hand.

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Its entire premise is whimsical and the text itself keeps up that character with the only interruption to my small chuckles and smiles being the odd roar of laughter when Jupp produces a reflection that wouldn't be out of place in one of his hilarious stand-up routines. The book is not serious in the slightest Miles Jupp's book about blagging his way onto a cricket tour is so quintessentially British it almost demands to be read under an oak tree on a hot June afternoon, glass of Pimms in hand. The book is not serious in the slightest and shouldn't be read in that manner, it won't be anybody's favourite but you won't find anyone who dislikes it I shouldn't think.

It's not getting 5 stars from me because it lacks a superlative quality - it's simply very humerous and just Like another book I've read about somebody trying to turn themselves into something they're not Justin Irwin in 'Murder on the Darts Board' - http: Would be especially good for those who follow cricket closely. Jan 24, Dale Parnell rated it really liked it Shelves: Whilst I have absolutely no interest in or understanding of cricket, I am a fan of Miles Jupp, and this was the reason why my wife gave me this book for Christmas.

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The bulk of the book is pleasant enough, and Mr. Jupp has a gentle, very English seeming way about him as he describes a period in his life that I found very relatable - a few years out of university and still not entirely sure what he wants to do with his life. He has an idea, based solely around his great love of cricket and tries t Whilst I have absolutely no interest in or understanding of cricket, I am a fan of Miles Jupp, and this was the reason why my wife gave me this book for Christmas. He has an idea, based solely around his great love of cricket and tries to make it happen, in a very loose, let's have a go, kind of way.

And whilst all of this was entertaining to read, I really felt the book come I to its own when Miles let go of his polite English reserve and really told the reader how events were affecting him and how he felt.

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I've read a couple of travel books where the author finds everything absolutely delightful and all the people a joy to meet. Statistically and realistically you know this can't have been the case and the books become dull because of the relentless good cheer. Maybe I enjoy the suffering of others a bit too much, but I found that I really connected with Miles when he was being brutally honest about something that wasn't going well or when he called someone on their outrageous behaviour.

It was also in these moments that I laughed the hardest. The book hasn't convinced me to watch cricket, but by the end I had a new appreciation for Miles Jupp as a more complex person than his TV appearances show, and a pretty good author. Feb 10, Alan Draycott rated it really liked it. Jupp effortlessly taps in to the true fantasy of millions of men in this land.

Yes sitting in a sweaty wooden box in some former colony with 50 other middle aged men, watching cricket. Who doesn't dream of that? Well it turns into a nightmare for Jupp but with such polite humour that it's impossible not to delight in. I'ts a bit like a modern day "Scoop" but dare I say funnier for the modern reader. In a miserable February it lightened my commute though I did guffaw too many times for some of my Jupp effortlessly taps in to the true fantasy of millions of men in this land.

In a miserable February it lightened my commute though I did guffaw too many times for some of my fellow passengers own comfort. Jul 09, Rhys rated it liked it. This is a gentle and gently humorous review of the obsession of Mile Jupp with cricket. It is told with typically Juppian deprecatory turn of phrase and tone.

It does work best if you know and appreciate cricket and especially the recent history of the England team, but it also works well as a study of a man's attempt to turn a leisure pursuit, followed for love, into a profession and the effect that is has on his feelings for the game.

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This is not going to rival England Their England in terms This is a gentle and gently humorous review of the obsession of Mile Jupp with cricket. This is not going to rival England Their England in terms of great cricket literature but there are many worse ways to spend your time. Read the whole thing on the plane from Ben Gurion to Luton and giggled consistently throughout.