{"product_id":"based-on-a-true-story-not-a-memoir","title":"Based on a True Story : Not a Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Driving, wild and hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), here is the incredible \"memoir\" of the actor, gambler, raconteur, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eveteran.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen 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.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Dostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book I've read this year or last.\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny.\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be.\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Raucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work.\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eA.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part personal history and part meta riff on celebrity memoirs, the book, it quickly becomes clear, is also just partly true (and all hilarious).\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Very, very, very funny! Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prize-for-literature-quality effort.\" \u003cb\u003e- David Letterman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Norm 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.\" \u003cb\u003e- Louis C.K., from the foreword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Norm is one of my all-time favorites, and this book was such a great read I forgot how lonely I was for a while.\" - \u003cb\u003eAmy Schumer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I always thought Normie's stand-up was the funniest thing there was. But this book gives it a run for its money.\" \u003cb\u003e- Adam Sandler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Norm 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.\" \u003cb\u003e- Roseanne Barr\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Norm Macdonald makes me laugh my ass off. Who is funnier than Norm Macdonald? Nobody.\" \u003cb\u003e- Judd Apatow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\/pages\u003c\/strong\u003e: paperback \/ 272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780812983869\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norm Macdonald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54152287551821,"sku":"9780812983869","price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/9325\/3689\/files\/based.jpg?v=1782216252","url":"https:\/\/knygynas.biz\/products\/based-on-a-true-story-not-a-memoir","provider":"Knygynas eureka!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}