TONY HENDRA attended Cambridge University, where he performed frequently with friends and future Monty Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman. He is the author of Going Too Far, a classic history of modern American satire. He was editor in chief
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TONY HENDRA attended Cambridge University, where he performed frequently with friends and future Monty Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman. He is the author of
Going Too Far, a classic history of modern American satire. He was editor in chief of
Spy magazine, an original editor of the
National Lampoon, and he played Ian Faith in the movie,
This Is Spinal Tap. He has written frequently for
New York,
Harper’s,
GQ,
Vanity Fair,
Men’s Journal, and
Esquire, among other magazines. He is married to Carla Hendra; they have three young children, Lucy, Sebastian, and Nicholas.
From the Hardcover edition.