Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir

by Norm Macdonald

Book Overview

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

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."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812983866
• ISBN13: 9780812983869
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Super read

I loved this book so much. Norm has the best, dry sense of humor.

Very funny book.

The first half seemed serious. Second half is clearly more comedic. Overall its funny and surprisingly engaging. I like to imagine his voice as I read which is nice. RIP Norm.

Phenomenal book, but let's be honest, $70 dollars for a book is ridiculous.

Norm writes beautifully, but 70 for any book that isn't bound in leather and gold and gives you a voucher for a steak dinner is far too expensive.