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About the Book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Driving, wild and hilarious" (The Washington Post), here is the incredible "memoir" of the actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran.

Don't miss Norm's new Netflix special, Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Treachery!

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."

Praise for Based on a True Story

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

"This book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny."--The New York Times

"Hilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be."--Esquire

"Raucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work."--A.V. Club

"Part personal history and part meta riff on celebrity memoirs, the book, it quickly becomes clear, is also just partly true (and all hilarious)."--Vulture

"Very, very, very funny! Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prize-for-literature-quality effort."--David Letterman

"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."--Louis C.K., from the foreword

"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."--Amy Schumer

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

"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."--Roseanne Barr

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

"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."--Alec Baldwin

"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."--Dave Attell

"Letterman said it best: There is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald."--Rob Schneider


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780812993622
  • Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
  • Publisher Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
  • Depth: 32
  • Language: eng
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 476 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0812993624
  • Publisher Date: 19 Sep 2018
  • Binding: BB
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: A Memoir
  • Width: 165 mm


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