Last Words (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) - Hardcover

Carlin, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410424162 ISBN 13: 9781410424167

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2010

Synopsis

An autobiography that the late comedian nearly completed before he died chronicles his storied career, during which he pushed the boundaries of comedy and language and influenced several generations of performers.

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Review

."..frank and insightful..." --"Time" magazine ."..what "Last Words" ultimately reveals is how Carlin became a political protester, slam poet, cynic, polemicist and performance artist whose messages were delivered under the veneer of humor." --"Washington Post" ""Last Words", a posthumous autobiography from George Carlin, is a jazzy, inward-looking piece of work...as a chronicler of the working of his own mind, Carlin is terrific." -- "The New York Times" "The book is at turns biting and touching, and often both, which is what you would expect from a man for whom the sacred was profane and the profane, sacred." --"Entertainment Weekly" "This is not a collection of setups and punch lines, but a candid, fearless accounting of his life and art..."Last Words" shows a comic master at the height of his storytelling powers and with no limit to what he had left to say." --"L.A. Times" "For comedy fans, this book is vital. It's easily worth its weight in gold for the biting observations on showbiz and its personalities." --"San Francisco Chronicle" "Seven particular words are associated with the late comedian George Carlin, and sentimental is not one of them. But that's the surprising portrait that emerges from "Last Words"." --"Houston Chronicle" "["Last Words"] sounds as if he is still with us, rested and ready to ridicule the latest cultural hypocrisies." --"The Washington Times"

About the Author

Born in New York City in 1937, George Dennis Patrick Carlin was one of the greatest and most influential stand-up comedians of all time.  He appeared on “The Tonight Show” more than 130 times, starred in  an unprecedented thirteen HBO Specials, hosted the first “Saturday Night Live” and penned three New York Times bestselling books. Of the twenty-three solo albums recorded by Mr. Carlin, eleven were Grammy nominated and he took home the coveted statue five times including a 2001 Grammy win for Best Spoken Comedy Album for his reading of his best seller Brain Droppings. In 2002, Carlin was awarded the “Freedom of Speech Award” by the First Amendment Center in cooperation with the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, and he was the named eleventh recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in June of 2008. George Carlin passed away at age seventy-one on June 22, 2008 in Santa Monica, California.
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1410424162
• ISBN 13: 9781410424167
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 513