Sue Perkins has written a follow up to her autobiography Spectacles, charting her life from 2014 onwards called East of Croydon: Blunderings Through India and South East Asia.
The book covers the making of Sue’s documentary on the Mekong river, where the comedian travelled from Vietnam to Tibet. Before then, the farthest Sue had travelled had been Torremolinos in the Costa Del Sol. So what made Sue decide to take on such an adventure?
“Here’s the thing:
I am scared of flying.
I have zero practical skills.
I can’t survive if I am more than a three minute walk from a supermarket.
For the last seven years I have suffered with crippling anxiety.
I bolt when panicked.
I cannot bear to witness humans or animals in distress.
I have no ability to learn languages.
I am a terrible hypochondriac.
Oh, and I am no good with boats.
So I said yes.”
East of Croydon: Blunderings Through India and South East Asia is out now!
