{"product_id":"based-on-a-true-story-not-a-memoir","title":"Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNorm Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e was a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He died in September 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A driving, wild and hilarious ramble of a book, what might have happened had Hunter S. Thompson embedded himself in a network studio.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book I've read this year or last.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Raucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eA.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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).\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My three favorite books: \n\u003cbr\u003e 1. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Bible, \u003c\/i\u003eby Moses and other guys \n\u003cbr\u003e 2. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Deal, \u003c\/i\u003e by President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump (a.k.a. President Trumpy) \n\u003cbr\u003e 3. \n\u003ci\u003eBased on a True Story, \u003c\/i\u003e by Norm Macdonald \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I have not read the first two. I have read \n\u003ci\u003eBased on a True Story, \u003c\/i\u003e and I believe it to be largely bullshit, but it is very, very, very funny! Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prize-for-literature-quality effort.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--David Letterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Amy Schumer\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I always thought Normie's stand-up was the funniest thing there was. But this book gives it a run for its money.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Adam Sandler\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Roseanne Barr\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Norm Macdonald makes me laugh my ass off. Who is funnier than Norm Macdonald? Nobody.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Judd Apatow\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Norm 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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Alec Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Norm only has to grunt to make me laugh. And this book is three hundred pages? Sign me up.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sophia Amoruso, author of \u003ci\u003e#GIRLBOSS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Norm 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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Dave Attell\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"David Letterman said it best: There is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Rob Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeword by Louis C.K.; New York Times bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003e\"Driving, wild and hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), here is the incredible \"memoir\" of the legendary actor, gambler, raconteur, and \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live \u003c\/i\u003eveteran.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e MacDonald, Norm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2017-06-13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Humor|Form|Essays|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs|Humor|Topic|Celebrity \u0026amp; Popular Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Macdonald, Norm|Comedians|Canada|Actors|Autobiographies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812983869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780812983869\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154168807702,"sku":"SP-9780812983869","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780812983869_spiral.png?v=1774935244","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/based-on-a-true-story-not-a-memoir","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}