As a member of the comedy troupe Monty Python, Eric Idle’s name has been synonymous with British comedy for nearly five decades. It’s a history he’s relived in interviews but never in an official ...

ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE: A Sortabiography. By Eric Idle. Crown Archetype. 289 pages. $27. What exactly is a “sortabiography”? Eric Idle explains in his introduction — or his apology, as ...