# Bruce Dessau

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'''Bruce Dessau''' is a British arts critic and biographer who writes for the ''[London Evening Standard](/source/London_Evening_Standard)'' and other publications, as well as his own website BeyondTheJoke.co.uk.<ref name="Arts Desk">{{cite web|title= Bruce Dessau|publisher= [The Arts Desk](/source/The_Arts_Desk)|accessdate=19 February 2014|url= http://www.theartsdesk.com/users/brucedessau}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

He is the author of biographies of [Rowan Atkinson](/source/Rowan_Atkinson) and [George Michael](/source/George_Michael),<ref name="Arts Desk"/> as well as ''Beyond a Joke'' (2011), a non-fiction book about the private lives of comedians and the difficulties in the comedy industry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beyond a Joke by Bruce Dessau - review|newspaper=[London Evening Standard](/source/London_Evening_Standard)|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/book/beyond-a-joke-by-bruce-dessau--review-6448383.html|date= 29 September 2011|accessdate= 19 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Beyond a Joke by Bruce Dessau|url= http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article781345.ece|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140225003159/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article781345.ece|url-status= dead|archive-date= February 25, 2014|newspaper= [Sunday Times](/source/Sunday_Times)|author= Armstrong, Steven|date= 25 September 2011|accessdate=19 February 2014}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Beyond a Joke, By Bruce Dessau|newspaper=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/beyond-a-joke-by-bruce-dessau-8053555.html|author=Tonkin, Boyd|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=10 May 2018}}</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/front-page BeyondTheJoke.co.uk]

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