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Ham: Slices of a Life
Sam Harris
Gallery Books
January 2014
On Sale: January 14, 2014
320 pages
ISBN: 1476733414
EAN: 9781476733418
Kindle: B00BSBVFLS
Hardcover / e-Book
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Humor
For fans of David Sedaris and Chelsea Handler, these
stories and essays about friendship, celebrity, growing up
and getting sober will have you laughing and crying in equal
measure. With a wry style that evokes comparisons to
Carrie Fisher, David Rakoff, and Steve Martin, Sam Harris
proves that he is a natural humorist. Even The New York
Times, in a review of one of his musical performances,
called his stories “New Yorker-worthy.”
Brilliantly written, these sixteen stories span
Harris’s life from growing up gay in the buckle of America’s
Bible belt to performing on Oprah’s first show after 9/11.
In “I Feel, You Feel” he opens for Aretha Franklin during a
blizzard. “Promises” is a front-row account of Liza
Minnelli’s infamous wedding to “the man whose name shall go
unmentioned.” In the title story, “Ham,” he describes how he
was upstaged by a young child actor, unknowingly addicted to
the spotlight. Taking on issues as diverse as
addiction, fame, and parenting with his hilarious and deeply
human voice, Harris’s entertaining tales trace an arc of
personal triumph that is universally accessible and inspiring.
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