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Following the success of 'The Gospel ...' published last October, Chris has been hard at work on a new book, cunningly titled 'The Difficult Second Book' - a must read for fans of the first!
You can order yourself a copy from Amazon using the links below!
It’s perhaps obvious to say, but you’ll be pleased to know that if you enjoyed ‘The Gospel According to Chris Moyles’, then you’ll love ‘The Difficult Second Book’ – it is very much ‘more of the same thing’.
The new book reads as the first, written in the same casual style leaving you feeling that you’ve either stolen his diary for a quick read, or that you’ve sat down with Moylesy to chat over a pint and listen to some anecdotes. The chapters drift in time from his early experiences with celebrities, to mentions of his most recent appearance on the television show ‘The Friday Night Project’.
Some of the criticism leveled at the first book was that it was too focused on the people he’d met rather than on the ‘inside’ stories that his fans really wanted to hear. This time around it’s more balanced with chapters on the behind-the-scenes activity of his Comic Relief Rally, his hosting of ‘Live Earth’ and the real story surrounding his failed TV show ‘Live With Chris Moyles’ (and the subsequent falling-out with Chris Evans). The celebrity mentions are mostly confined to sections titled ‘Guest Diary Bits’ – ostensibly extracts from Moyles’ diary.
As when reading the last book, the feeling does come across that the man behind the persona isn’t the loud and brash ‘motor mouth’ DJ, but instead a shy man who simply can’t believe how lucky he is and who loves the work he is doing. Reading about an early encounter with Jonathan Ross and Vic Reeves sets the scene for his encounters with ‘stars’ moving forward. In later chapters you get the feeling that he is still sometimes awe-struck by the celebrities he meets in everyday life and that even after ten years at Radio One he remains grounded.
This time around Chris spends time talking about events that will be familiar to his Radio One audience as he focuses on the later part of his career and the events and occasions that have shaped his time at Radio One. It’s good to see that he doesn’t shy away from discussing the tougher moments, such as the chapter discussing the fallout from his interview with Halle Berry when she suggested that Chris was being racist, or the furore surrounding his use of the word ‘gay’ to describe a mobile phone ringtone. The ringtone incident really seems to rile Chris and he goes into some detail on his uninvited role as a hate figure of the gay rights organisation Stonewall, something unfairly perpetuated by its chief executive Ben Summerskill in order to promote the group.
The book does falter slightly towards the end with an out-of-place and rather dull discussion about the ‘realness’ of Eastenders, and some amusing but didn’t-know-where-else-to-put-them stories about his naked ‘Sky Magazine’ shoot and a Radio One trip to Butlins in Skegness. The story of Chris presenting Live Earth at the new Wembley does, however, return to form and finish the main body of the book with an interesting behind-the-scenes story.
The book closes with a selection of ‘listener questions’ (or should that be ‘reader questions’?). If you are one of the following people, and you asked a question, then you may like to purchase the book:
David Evans from Colwyn Bay, Paul from Stourbridge, Mark Mears, Lauren Kay, Gareth Yardley from Hull, Mike Li from Luton, Peter Thomas from Mablethorpe, Stacy McQueen from Newbury, Richard from Leicester, Fiona Forsyth from Birmingham, Dan Shakir from London, Holly Clarke from Stockport, Hugh Kennedy from West Midlands, James T from Surrey, Craig Dalton from Perth, Dawn from the Isle of Sheppy, Steven Shuttleworth from Keighley, Shirley from Inverness, Mike Joy from Broadstairs, Danni Dadswell from Stoke, Nichola Scholes from Leigh, Rachel Collinson, Lily Levin from Southam, Vicky Allen from Plymouth, Lea Ridley from Nuneaton, Donna Bearman from Brighouse, Alex Heap from Wales, Darren Taylor, Kelly Spain in Chester, Pete Downes from Bromsgrove, Jess James from Gloucester, Rob Hampson in Manchester, Trish from Sheffield, Steve Thomas from Cheltenham, Rachael Capener from Swindon, Michael Olliffe from Kent, Ryan from Cornwall, Andi from London, Darren in Manchester, John Sewell from Leeds, Steve Kirk from Bolton, Tina Price from Lampeter, Luke Batten from Addlestone, Lyndsey Crawford from The Wirral, Paul Norrie from Poole, Andrew Wright from Rhyl, Helen Stubbs from Sunderland, Phil B from Essex, Louise Williams from Northampton, Colin Knapp from Chelmsford, Phil Clark from Stafford, Matt Giordmania from Basildon, Rhian Thomas from Swansea, Lee Pedzisz, Ray Irvine from Coventry and Seth Evans from Barnsley.
Chris Moyles: The Difficult Second Book was published by Ebury Press on October 4th. You can purchase the book from Amazon.co.uk.
If you are interested in hearing some background about some of the moments mentioned in the book, you may like to listen to the following clips from the chrismoyles.net Sound Vault.
Chris Moyles TV Shows
James Nesbitt Interview
Will Ferrell Interview
Ian Wright Interview
Lily Allen Interview
Keith Allen Interview
Take That Interview
Jools Holland Surprises Dom
Russell Brand Interview
Katie Price and Peter Andre Interview
Jimmy Carr Interview
Mary Lynn Rajskub Interview
Gordon Ramsey Interview
5ive Brits mention
Chris Martin Biography
Kelly Osbourne Interview
Joss Stone Interview
David Tennant Interview
Philip Glenister Interview
Natasha Bedingfield Interview
David Gest Interview
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Interview
Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry Interview
Keep reading below for an exclusive extract from the book:
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