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Based on a True Story : Not a Memoir
Overview
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Driving, wild and hilarious" (The Washington Post), here is the incredible "memoir" of the legendary actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran.When Norm Macdonald, one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, was approached to write a celebrity memoir, he flatly refused, calling the genre "one step below instruction manuals." Norm then promptly took a two-year hiatus from stand-up comedy to live on a farm in northern Canada. When he emerged he had under his arm a manuscript, a genre-smashing book about comedy, tragedy, love, loss, war, and redemption. When asked if this was the celebrity memoir, Norm replied, "Call it anything you damn like."
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780812983869
- ISBN-10: 0812983866
- Publisher: Random House
- Publish Date: June 2017
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.45 pounds
- Page Count: 272
