BORN STANDING UP: A Comic's Life

Martin, Steve

ISBN 10: 1416553649 / ISBN 13: 9781416553649

Editore: Scribner, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2007

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The riveting, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away." Emmy and Grammy Award-winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers HOPGIRLtor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. The memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written. Mint, unread, first edition, first printing, in as new mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS1/A54/A79. Codice articolo 18901

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Titolo: BORN STANDING UP: A Comic's Life

Casa editrice: Scribner, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Data di pubblicazione: 2007

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Mint

Condizione sovraccoperta: As New

Edizione: First Edition

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Riassunto:

The Emmy Award-winning comedian shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his years of honing his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and originality it took to take him to the top, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s. 350,000 first printing.

L'autore:

Steve Martin is one of today's most talented performers. He has had huge success as a film actor, with such credits as Cheaper by the Dozen, Father of the Bride, Roxanne, Parenthood, L.A. Story, and many others. He has won Emmys for his television writing and two Grammys for his comedy albums. In addition to his bestselling novel The Pleasure of My Company and a collection of comic pieces, Pure Drivel, he has also written a play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile. He lives in Los Angeles.