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Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Scribner
January 2015
On Sale: January 6, 2015
240 pages
ISBN: 1451673213
EAN: 9781451673210
Kindle: B00BSB2API
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir
New York Times bestselling author, comedian, and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late โ90s while obsessively watching classic films at the legendary New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.
Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakeable addiction. It wasnโt drugs, alcohol, or sex. It was film. After moving to L.A., Oswalt became a huge film buff, absorbing classics and new releases at least three nights a week at the New Beverly Cinema. Silver screen celluloid became Pattonโs life schoolbook, informing his notions of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships. Set in the nascent days of the alternative comedy scene, Oswaltโs memoir chronicles his journey from fledgling stand-up comedian to self-assured sitcom actor, with the colorful New Beverly collective supporting him all along the way.
Ideally timed for awards season, when everyoneโs mind is on Hollywood, Silver Screen Fiend follows up on the terrific reception of Oswaltโs New York Times bestselling debut, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland. Already a beloved fixture on the comedy stage, on television, and in filmโnot to mention his 1.87 million Twitter followersโOswalt announces, with this second book, that heโs also here to stay on the page.
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