{"id":42420,"date":"2026-07-22T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=793e36ad77a2fc2d61f9a8776ea64f33"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:23:00","slug":"comedy-legend-eric-idle-announces-us-book-tour-for-idle-in-provence-a-brief-history-of-thyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=42420","title":{"rendered":"Comedy Legend Eric Idle Announces US Book Tour for Idle in Provence: A Brief History of Thyme"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nMonty Python star brings his celebrated new memoir to nine cities across the United States beginning September 29th<\/sup>, following the book's September 8th<\/sup> publication from Harper Select.<\/b><\/p>

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harper Select, an imprint of HarperCollins, is excited to announce a nine-city US book tour celebrating comedy legend Eric Idle and his new book, Idle in Provence: A Brief History of Thyme<\/b><\/i>, publishing September 8, 2026. The tour opens in New York City on September 29, 2026 and will travel across the country through late October, offering audiences an evening with the founding Monty Python member as he shares stories behind his most personal work yet.<\/p><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>

\nIdle in Provence<\/i> is equal parts memoir, travelogue and comedy master class. The book chronicles Idle's fifty-five-year journey restoring a crumbling stone shack\u2014affectionately dubbed his \"Shackeau\"\u2014into a beloved home in the French countryside. Purchased in 1971 at the height of Monty Python fame, the property had no electricity, water, or road access\u2014only a view, a ruin, and endless opportunities for comic catastrophe. As the house transforms over the years, Idle\u2019s life unfolds around it: Python, family, marriage, music, aging, friendship, fame, and the recurring indignities of French plumbing. Over the decades, the Shackeau becomes an unlikely gathering place for artists, comedians, musicians, and friends, including George Harrison and Robin Williams. Warm, irreverent, and moving, the book is as much about the people who pass through as the place itself\u2014a portrait of creativity, resilience, absurdity, and the wild, unpredictable journey of being alive.<\/p>

\n\"This new book, Idle in Provence<\/i>, is about what I did in the shadows, when I escaped the crowds, took off the grease paint, removed the silly costumes and became a poor forked animal on a tiny ball circling a star for a brief moment in a ginormous expanding Universe,\u201d said Idle in an exclusive book announcement with People Magazine<\/i>. \"France gave me peace and wisdom, gave me the time to learn the names of some stars and constellations, as well as help me understand my place on the surface of a revolving and occasionally revolting planet.\u201d<\/p>

\nThe tour features a mix of solo appearances and special conversations with acclaimed guests. Confirmed dates and venues include:<\/p>