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Author: Robert KleinPublisher: Touchstone Books
ISBN-10: 0684854880Subject: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-13: 9780684854885Topic: --
Format: HardcoverLanguage: English
Publication Year: 2005Condition: Like New
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In this riveting and candid memoir, top comedian and actor Robert Klein recalls growing up in New York City in the 1950s and the early days of his subsequent career in comedy . Against a backdrop of a home life complete with hilariously overprotective parents, the young Klein attempts to forge a life in show business. The promise of sex is always around the corner, whether in casual hookups with fellow performers or with prostitutes. Klein's description of his and his friends' cherry-busting liaison with an obliging working girl is a highlight, and his story of bringing home his German girlfriend, the daughter of a Nazi officer, to meet his Jewish parents has a Woody Allen-like quality (his mother feeds the girl chicken soup while his father threatens to show her pictures of Auschwitz). Atmospheric reminiscences of comedy clubs and performances with legends like Rodney Dangerfield and Richard Pryor all contribute to BUSBOY's authentic reek of booze, cigarettes, and cheap perfume.

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Length:358 pages
Height:9.6 in.
Width:6.3 in.
Thickness:1.2 in.
Weight:20.8 oz.

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An award-winning comedian traces his rise from a New York City youth of the 1950s and 1960s to a stage and film star, describing his childhood antics as a young class clown, his experiences at the 1964 World's Fair, his Jewish heritage, and his professional achievements.

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"Probing not only his own psyche but also the evolution of sexual mores during the 1950s and '60s, [Klein] unfurls an array of captivating anecdotes, writing with wry wit and honesty."
Publishers Weekly  (04/25/2005)

"[T]he comedian, actor, and witty observer of our social foibles is also a fine and very funny writer....[His] humor is biting, sometimes scatological, but never bitter, and he reveals an interesting life with this thoroughly enjoyable chronicle."
Booklist  (05/15/2005)

"Klein's provocative sense of irony gives his story a crazy-funny twist like his best stand-up work, but nostalgia underlies its laughs."
New York Times Book Review  (08/28/2005)


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