Rising to the Surface traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work.
We follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programmes, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, and stand-up gigs in New York. But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.
- ISBN10 0571368786
- ISBN13 9780571368785
- Publish Date 1 September 2022 (first published 30 August 2022)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 30 April 2024
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Export - Airside ed
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 336
- Language English