Mrs Billy Connolly's tale of a more-than-usually extraordinary year in the life of living with her husband is as insightful, entertaining, serious and wacky as you'd expect from the author of the megaselling BILLY. BRAVEMOUTH is the ultimate insider's view of his filming, his charity works, his sixtieth birthday party, the TV and includes personal insight into what makes him tick, and what makes her tick (it's her year too). It's a celebration but it's interspersed with serious reflection - both on what he does and what she does (the contrast between the inherent seriousness of what she does, compared to the zaniness of what he does). The nature of fame, the challenges of age, the triumph-over-adversity are all themes underlying the many anecdotes that combine to make this into a must-read for Billy and Pamela's millions of fans.

本作は、稀代の道化師ビリー・コノリーを最も近くで見つめる妻パメラが、夫婦の劇的な一年を驚くべき洞察力で描き出した魂の対話録です。単なる日常記の枠を超え、夫の「狂気的な笑い」と著者自身の「心理学的な真摯さ」という相反する二極を衝突させることで、人生の機微を鮮烈に浮き彫りにしています。 特筆すべきは、加齢や名声の功罪、逆境に立ち向かう人間の強靭さを描く筆致の深さです。公人としての輝きと私的な苦悩を交互に照らし出し、二人の内面に深く肉薄するそのアプローチは、読者に「共に生きる」ことの真の意味を突きつけます。情熱と知性が交錯する、極めて贅沢な人間賛歌と言えるでしょう。