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Book review: Michael Palin takes us on sobering journey of a life cut short by war
Palin’s skill as a storyteller lifts the unremarkable story of his great-uncle Harry into a moving tribute to all soldiers lost in World War I
Michael Palin is the avuncular uncle we all wish we had. Family visits would be looked forward to, knowing Uncle Mike would either regale us with tales of his early comedic adventures, pricking holes in the side of religious pomposity with Monty Python’s Life of Brian, or describe his round-the-world jaunts.
His series of travel documentaries, whether following in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg, going from pole to pole or, more recently, showing us what ...
