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See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making opera about Jerry Springer. \u003cem\u003eHow I Escaped My Certain Fate\u003c\/em\u003e details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as the most critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is Stewart Lee's own account of his remarkable comeback, told through transcripts of the three legendary full-length shows that sealed his reputation. Astonishingly frank and detailed in-depth notes reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his act. 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