Based on a True Story: A Memoir

Based on a True Story: A Memoir

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢Â â€œDriving, wild and hilariousâ€ (The Washington Post), here is the incredible â€œmemoirâ€ of the actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran.
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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 â€œone step below instruction manuals.â€ 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, â€œCall it anything you damn like.â€

Praise for Based on a True Story

â€œDostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book Iâ€™ve read this year or last.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal

â€œThis book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny.â€â€”The New York Times

â€œHilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be.â€â€”Esquire

â€œRaucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work.â€â€”A.V. Club

â€œPart personal history and part meta riff on celebrity memoirs, the book, it quickly becomes clear, is also just partly true (and all hilarious).â€â€”Vulture

â€œVery, very, very funny! Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prizeâ€“forâ€“literatureâ€“quality effort.â€â€”David Letterman

â€œNorm is brilliant and thoughtful and there is sensitivity and creative insight in his observations and stories. A lot of comics over the years have been compared to Mark Twain, but I think Norm is the only one who actually matches the guy in terms of his voice and ability. I seriously f**king love Norm Macdonald. Please buy his book. He probably needs the cash. Heâ€™s really bad with money.â€â€”Louis C.K., from the foreword

â€œNorm is one of my all-time favorites, and this book was such a great read I forgot how lonely I was for a while.â€â€”Amy Schumer

â€œI always thought Normieâ€™s stand-up was the funniest thing there was. But this book gives it a run for its money.â€â€”Adam Sandler

â€œNorm is one of the greatest stand-up comics whoâ€™s ever workedâ€”a totally original voice. His sense of the ridiculous and his use of juxtaposition in his writing make him a comicâ€™s comic. We all love Norm.â€â€”Roseanne Barr

â€œNorm Macdonald makes me laugh my ass off. Who is funnier than Norm Macdonald? Nobody.â€â€”Judd Apatow

â€œNorm Macdonald is more than a triple threatâ€”heâ€™s a septuple threat. He is smart, funny, wry, rakish, polite, rakish . . . no, wait. He is polite, insightful, and . . . aaaaah . . . warm. No. Heâ€™s exciting. Yeah. Exciting! You never know what heâ€™ll do. Okay, then make that unpredictable. Add that up. Heâ€™s amazing.â€â€”Alec Baldwin

â€œNorm is a double threat. His material and timing are both top-notch, which is unheard of. He is one of my favorites, both on- and off-stage.â€â€”Dave Attell

â€œLetterman said it best: There is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald.â€â€”Rob Schneider
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 25002583
Model 0812993624
ReleaseDate 2016-09-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812993622

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	25002583
Model	0812993624
ReleaseDate	2016-09-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812993622

Based on a True Story: A Memoir

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