The Lick of Love: How Dogs Changed My Life

＂From one of Britain’s best-loved comedians comes this wonderfully funny, sharp and touching memoir and a celebration of the bond between man and dog - an autobidography, if you will. The Lick of Love takes us on a tour of Julian’s colourful life. Wherever life has taken him, Julian has had a dog by his side, from Fanny the Wonder Dog, who propelled Julian up the ranks of the alternative comedy circuit and onto television, and Valerie, the whippet cross-breed escorted Julian through his forties, to Albert, who was sent to acclimatise Julian to middle age and Gigi, an unpredictable fur bullet of a dog. Whether writing about encounters in seedy London nightclubs, finding success on television with Sticky Moments, the death of his partner, that Normant Lamont joke, a narrow squeak with a thwarted eastern European plot to kidnap him, his move to the country, or finally settling down, falling in love and getting married, The Lick of Love is the story of a fascinating life and a love letter to the dogs that have played a loving and near constant part of it. Told with humour and great honesty, this promises to be one of the best memoirs of the year＂.--

Julian Clary is a comedian, entertainer and writer, who has toured the world with his one-man shows.

He began working on the cabaret circuit in the early 1980s as ’The Joan Collins Fan Club’ and then went on to appear in numerous TV shows as well as starring in a number of West End productions and the London Palladium Pantos. As an author, Julian has published several books, including his Sunday Times bestselling memoir A Young Man’s Passage, three novels and his children’s series The Bolds.

Julian has recently been presented with the LGBT Out and Proud award and the 2018 Attitude award for comedy. He lives in London with his husband and their two dogs, Albert and Gigi.