Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir

Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢Â â€œDriving, wild and hilarious" (The Washington Post), here is the incredible â€œmemoir" 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." 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."

Praise for Based on a True Story

â€œDostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book I've read this year or last."-The Wall Street Journal

â€œThis book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny."-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."-Esquire

â€œRaucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work."-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)."-Vulture

â€œVery, very, very funny! Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prizeâ€“forâ€“literatureâ€“quality effort."-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. He's really bad with money."-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."-Amy Schumer

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

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

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

â€œNorm Macdonald is more than a triple threat-he's a septuple threat. He is smart, funny, wry, rakish, polite, rakish . . . no, wait. He is polite, insightful, and . . . aaaaah . . . warm. No. He's exciting. Yeah. Exciting! You never know what he'll do. Okay, then make that unpredictable. Add that up. He's amazing."-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."-Dave Attell

â€œLetterman said it best: There is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald."-Rob Schneider
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0812983866
Model 0812983866
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2017-06-13
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EANs 9780812983869

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0812983866
Model	0812983866
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2017-06-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812983869

Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir

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