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Free Press
November 2009
On Sale: November 10, 2009
320 pages
ISBN: 1439172951
EAN: 9781439172957
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Non-Fiction Memoir
As one of America's preeminent comedic voices, George Carlin
saw it all throughout his extraordinary fifty-year career
and made fun of most of it. Last Words is the story of the
man behind some of the most seminal comedy of the last half
century, blending his signature acer-bic humor with
never-before-told stories from his own life. In 1993 George Carlin asked his friend and bestselling
author Tony Hendra to help him write his autobiography. For
almost fifteen years, in scores of conversations, many of
them recorded, the two discussed Carlin's life, times, and
evolution as a major artist. When Carlin died at age
seventy-one in June 2008 with the book still unpublished,
Hendra set out to assemble it as his friend would have
wanted. Last Words is the result, the rollicking, wrenching
story of Carlin's life from birth -- literally -- to his
final years, as well as a parting gift of laughter to the
world of comedy he helped create. George Carlin's journey to stardom began in the
rough-and-tumble neighborhood of New York's Upper West Side
in the 1940s, where class and culture wars planted the seeds
for some of his best known material, including the notorious
"Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." His early
conflicts, his long struggle with substance abuse, his
turbulent relationships with his family, and his triumphs
over catastrophic setbacks all fueled the unique comedic
worldview he brought to the stage. From the heights of
stardom to the low points few knew about, Last Words is told
with the same razor-sharp honesty that made Carlin one of
the best loved comedians in American history.
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