Woody Allen: A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham

by Patrick McGilligan

Woody Allen was once made a knight commander by France, but he didn't know because the paperwork got lost in the mail.

A decade later, he found out about the award by reading about it in the New York Times.

Across nearly nine eventful decades, Allen's life has been full of surprises. Writing jokes got him a gig as the youngest writer of Sid Caesar's television dream team. As a rising comic, he boxed a kangaroo on TV...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006294133X
• ISBN13: 9780062941336
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 848 Pages