Moab Is My Washpot Moab Is My Washpot Moab Is My Washpot (published 1997) is Stephen Fry's autobiography, covering the first 20 years of his life. In the book, Fry is candid about his past indiscretions, including stealing, cheating and lying. The book covers some of the same ground as in Fry's first novel, "The Liar", published in 1991. In that work, public schoolboy Adrian Healey falls in love with a boy called Hugo Cartwright; in the autobiography, 14-year-old Fry becomes besotted with 13-year-old "Matthew Osborne". Fry also writes about his older brother Roger, Bunce (the new boy at his prep school, Stouts Hill),
Nigger: An Autobiography by Dick Gregory Nigger: An Autobiography by Dick Gregory The autobiography of comedian and social activist Dick Gregory, co-authored with Robert Lipsyte, nigger was originally published in September 1964 by E. P. Dutton, and has since 1965 been reprinted numerous times in an edition available through Pocket Books, altogether selling more than one million copies to date. Gregory continued his life story in two subsequent books, "Up From Nigger" and "Callus On My Soul." Gregory earned a $200,000 advance from the book. It was written during the American Civil Rights Movement. Gregory comments on his choice of title in the book's primary dedication,