True Story A Novel

by Maher, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780743291354
• ISBN10: 0743291352
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

True Storyis Maher's debut novel about the wild and crazy life of the stand-up comedian -- a bawdy, rowdy tell-all report from the front line.

Author Biography

Bill Maher, the host and creator of Politically Incorrect, is a state-of-the-art stand-up comedian. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword	17	(2)
The Act You're Not Good Enough to See	19	(33)
More Green, Asshole	52	(7)
It's a Living Hell, but It's a Living	59	(24)
Show Me the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, and Somewhere There's a Guy Who's Tired of Fucking Her	83	(13)
Good Evening, Ladies and Geniuses	96	(11)
Love Is When You Don't Feel Shitty After You Come	107	(15)
The Work Isn't Bad---but the Hour!	122	(18)
No Set, No Hamburger	140	(9)
Loyalty Is a One-way Street	149	(17)
The Nice-Ass Act of 1980	166	(18)
You Better Be a Winner in This Business, Because if You're Not, It's Shit	184	(16)
It's Easy to Do Great, It's Hard to Be Great	200	(21)
When Opportunity Knocks, All Some People Do Is Complain About the Noise	221	(7)
People: The Problem That Won't Go Away	228	(18)
I Dreamed I Went to See Mort Sahl, and He Was Doing Dog-and-Cat Material	246	(22)
When You Can't Light the Joint, You're Stoned Enough	268	(17)
The Power of Negative Thinking	285	(4)
The Sweet Stench of Success	289	(9)
Epilogue: The Future Isn't What It Used to Be	298