Iain Stirling
Iain Stirling

Iain Stirling

  • 36 years old
  • Scottish
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

Iain Stirling - Not Ready To Adult Yet: A Totally Ill-Informed Guide To Life

So, what do you write about when you do a book? Yourself? Nah, I've not done enough stuff yet (you've got to think word count; I'd really have to drag out that time I went caravanning with Aunty Pam and Uncle Bill in order to achieve anything other than 'pamphlet' status). So, what about my generation? Millennials. We've got loads of stories. We've been celebrated and scorned; it seems we're the envy, fascination and disgrace of the world.

Throughout life, millennials have been taught we're perfect and should live a perfect life - from being mollycoddled by our parents to receiving awards for taking part at school, and the beautiful, filtered lives we all see and share on social media. We've been taught, whatever happens, life should be flawless; whatever you do, don't fuck up. And then we enter the real world and start work, and start having relationships, and failure starts to rear its ugly head. A head none of us were warned about or indeed are ready for.

We were told failure was never an option. And I believed them. But, truth be known, I've fucked up at every point. As have you. And honestly, it's fine.

Funny, provocative and packed-full of entertaining stories, is what my publishers have told me to say about this book. But actually this is my ill-informed guide to what life is really like for millennials and how we can navigate it better.

In his brilliant first book, Iain explores why millennials are the way they are - and whether that makes us self-obsessed, work-shy, mollycoddled, egomaniacs; or just a misunderstood generation with a fear of failure.

First published: Thursday 5th July 2018

  • Published: Thursday 9th August 2018
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Pages: 320
  • Catalogue: 9780008288006

Buy and sell old and new items
Search for this product on eBay

BCG may earn commission on sales generated through the links above.

  • Published: Thursday 30th May 2019
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Pages: 320
  • Catalogue: 9780008288013

Buy and sell old and new items
Search for this product on eBay

BCG may earn commission on sales generated through the links above.

BCG may earn commission on sales generated through the links above.

  • Published: Thursday 9th August 2018
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Minutes: 512

Buy and sell old and new items
Search for this product on eBay

BCG may earn commission on sales generated through the links above.

Not in the UK?

Fear not! Many items can still be ordered. Amazon in the UK delivers to many international territories, whilst their Australia, USA and Canada stores also supply many equivalent or imported items.

If you are in the North America, look out for US/Canadian flag icons on popular product listings for direct links.

If you order from a UK store, please note that the UK is in Region 2 and B, respectively, for DVDs and Blu-rays - check your player's compatibility, or look for multi-region products if you are located in another region.

If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. The UK and Australasia are in the same Blu-ray region (B).

Share this page