Ramble Book
Musings on Childhood, Friendship, Family and 80s Pop Culture
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Adam Buxton
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Adam Buxton
About this listen
INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS PODCAST WITH JOE CORNISH
‘An affectionate and revealing account … Funny, sad, real, rueful.’ The Times
‘Warm, rambling and self-aware’ Guardian
The long-awaited, rambling, tender, and very funny memoir from Adam Buxton
Ramble
/ˈramb(ə)l/
Verb
1. walk for pleasure in the countryside.
‘Dr Buckles and Rosie the dog love rambling in the countryside.’
2. talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.
‘Adam rambles on about lots of consequential, compelling and personal matters in his tender, insightful, hilarious and totally unconfused memoir, Ramble Book.’
Ramble Book is about parenthood, boarding school trauma, arguing with your partner, bad parties, confrontations on trains, friendship, wanting to fit in, growing up in the 80s, dead dads, teenage sexual anxiety, failed artistic endeavours, being a David Bowie fan; and how everything you read, watch and listen to as a child forms a part of the adult you become.
It’s also a book about the joys of going off topic and letting your mind wander.
And it’s about a short, hairy, frequently confused man called Adam Buxton.
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Critic reviews
‘I recommend Ramble Book… There are wonderful, melancholy passages about his father, and Bowie, and 80s nostalgia, perfect for those of us who get teary-eyed remembering the first time we heard Dexys Midnight Runners or whatever.’ Jon Ronson
‘Give yourself some love with Adam Buxton’s funny and moving Ramble Book.’ Stylist
‘Had me guffawing and bawling simultaneously.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Like listening to your most goofily funny friend on his finest form.’ Daily Mirror
‘A work that feels spontaneous and fresh… The triumph of the book is Buxton’s account of his relationship with his father. The ways in which Adam’s expectations of an emotional reconciliation fail to match reality make for some beautifully tragi-comic scenes.’ Daily Express
‘An extremely funny and insightful coming-of-age story.’ Mail on Sunday
‘Eminently relatable and effortlessly readable with a penchant for sly jokes just when you don’t expect them.’ Chortle
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- Francesca Bilinski
- 03-05-20
The greatest book ever written.
Some may think that the ramble interruptions would turn the audiobook into COMPLETE AND UTTER CHAOS, but that is nonsense. The rambles are the perfect complement to the life story of Dr Buckles. I knew I liked Adam a lot, then my ears read this book and I realised I love him. It was worth the wait - 5 hairy, sexy stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ramble review - As a woman (a woman!) in my late 20s I genuinely appreciated an insight into the ageing process of the ballsack featured in the bonus podcast. It has really whet my appetite for retirement holidays with my husband.
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- Carl England
- 08-05-20
Loved it
Couldn't put it down. The way buckles comes across in every medium is excellent but here he really put himself across wonderfully. The experiences with his father are incredibly thoughtful, and his story is so gently told. The humour is all shades of light and dark and the only thing I wanted more of was his story of Adam and Joe to be fleshed out... But then, there's always time for a sequel!
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- Thom Hoffman
- 05-05-20
Loved it
Great performance (and jingles of course). It's nice to hear more back story from a man who has done such a great job interviewing and ramblechatting with others. Moving and honest Adam let's you into his mind and takes risks with revealing his thoughts on topics we all worry about. It surfs the line of funny and moving, which improves the impact of both. If you like the podcast you'll love this.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-05-20
Great Fun!
It’s a lovely bio of Adam’s life, growing up and relatable struggles in adolescence! Touching and laughable.
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- Jack
- 10-05-20
Well written, thoughtful, and moving
It won’t be surprising to fans of Adam Buxton that this book is so funny and warm. It’s also very well constructed. We follow Adam from his early days as a boarder, though his social and cultural coming of age at high school, and into his early 20s. Adam’s relationship with his father is at the book’s core, but there’s also time for rambles and Bowie updates. Adam bravely omits lengthy discussion on his tv, radio, and podcast work but it pays off. I may not have known before listening, but this is the Adam Buxton book I wanted to hear.
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- Tracy Tullett
- 18-05-20
Don’t always trust the Editor...
As a regular PodCat I looked forward to hearing about the life and times of Adam especially anticipating quirky stories with Louis and especially lots of insight and detail of adventures and stories with Cornballs. I know Ad has suffered tremendously with the passing of his Dad and that was an important part of Adams life and of course an integral part of this book but I believe that Jack the Editor should of allowed more Ad&Jo sections. In fact if these parts are written, maybe get them on the Podcast as I’m sure they will be well received.
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- Victoria Butler
- 02-01-21
Didn't want it to end!
I find Adam so easy to listen to, on this and his podcast. I found his story appropriately relatable, moving, funny and with great jingles all the way (throughout).
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- Tillsterpie
- 11-09-21
I laughed, I cried. Absolutely marvellous.
My wife and i listened while driving around Wales on holiday. Funny, intelligent, profoundly moving. Recommend.
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- Matt
- 14-03-21
Fantastic for the Buxton completist
I really enjoyed this book and I really love Buckles so much. He is kind and talented and this book is an honest look into his formative years. This wasn’t the book I was expecting as I thought it’d be more of an autobiography about his career and work rather than a deep study into the 80s, Bowie and his dad’s death. It’s quite intensively about those things and I felt a little lost in the 80s chat, a decade I was not alive during. I feel the first third of the book dragged to the second half where a lot of the emotive payoff happened. It’s fun, vibrant and playful, with interesting tidbits and rambles, but I wish it had more than one chapter about all his tv work. Overall, spending 10 hours with Adam is an absolute joy.
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- Nicholas Ware
- 13-04-21
Excellent book feel a real loss now it is finished
Really enjoyed this book, as someone the same age many of the descriptions of school life and living in London in the 90s brought back many happy memories.
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