His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written.Īt age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park.
This book is, in his own words, the story of why I did stand-up and why I walked away.Įmmy and Grammy Award winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene.
The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of 2007 by Time and Entertainment Weekly.
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