{"product_id":"based-on-a-true-story-not-a-memoir","title":"Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBased on a True Story: Not a Memoir\u003c\/h1\u003eNorm MacDonald\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau\u003cbr\u003eJune 13 2017\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780812983869\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0812983866\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003e\"Driving, wild and hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), here is the incredible \"memoir\" of the legendary actor, gambler, raconteur, and \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live \u003c\/i\u003eveteran.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Norm Macdonald, one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, was approached to write a celebrity memoir, he flatly refused, calling the genre \"one step below instruction manuals.\" Norm then promptly took a two-year hiatus from stand-up comedy to live on a farm in northern Canada. When he emerged he had under his arm a manuscript, a genre-smashing book about comedy, tragedy, love, loss, war, and redemption. When asked if this was the celebrity memoir, Norm replied, \"Call it anything you damn like.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390907678765,"sku":"10330","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_7b190385-4c55-42fe-b724-a7d90176057d.jpg?v=1787349072","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/based-on-a-true-story-not-a-memoir","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}