Description
| Product ID: | 9780306825293 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | How to Talk Dirty and Influence People |
| Subtitle: | An Autobiography |
| Authors: | Author: Howard Reich, Lewis Black, Lenny Bruce |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Individual actors and performers, Individual actors & performers, Comedy and stand-up, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Performing arts: comedy, Autobiography: arts & entertainment |
| Description: | Reissue edition of Lenny Bruce's classic autobiography to mark the 50th anniversary of his passing, with a new Preface by Lewis Black and a new Foreword by Howard Reich During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy."Although Bruce died when he was only forty, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most important and controversial entertainer in history. |
| Imprint Name: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Hachette Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-08-02 |