Signed A Memoir Robert Klein 1st Edition Hologram

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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
ISBN
9780684854885
Book Title
Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue : a Child of the Fifties Looks Back
Publisher
Touchstone
Item Length
9.9 in
Publication Year
2005
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Robert Klein
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Topic
General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Width
6.5 in
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
0684854880
ISBN-13
9780684854885
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44119979

Product Key Features

Book Title
Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue : a Child of the Fifties Looks Back
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Author
Robert Klein
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9.9 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-063691
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Robert Klein has always been the funniest, most intelligent, coolest comedian. If he would also like to be known as an amorous busboy, who am I to stand in the way?"-- Jerry Seinfeld, "A warm and delightful Portrait of the Artist as a Young Comedian from the Bronx. Robert Klein writes with his signature intelligence, wit, and irreverence. This is a hilarious book, and surely Robert Klein is the Don Juan of Decatur Avenue."-- Wendy Wasserstein, "A fascinating, warm, and, of course, humorous account of Robert Klein's early years. I had no idea that he was such a sex addict!"-- Joan Rivers
Dewey Decimal
792.702/8/092 B
Table Of Content
Contents Pre-PrefacePrefacePost-PrefaceOne Careful ParentsTwo Challenging Mrs. GrauxThree The TeenTonesFour Push Like You Mean ItFive Joe CollegeSix Boy HeroSeven New PassionsEight Tales of a BusboyNine Ducks in a RowTen Yale and BeyondEleven Summer Stock and Hard KnocksTwelve Foreign AffairThirteen The Second CityFourteen Learning HowFifteen L.A. and MeAfterwordPhoto Captions
Synopsis
Dear Reader,When we asked the beloved award-winning comedian and actor Robert Klein to write a book, you can imagine our utter surprise when he told us that he wanted to write about sixth-century Chinese pottery. Thankfully, he hit a creative brick wall (since he doesn't really know anything about pottery from China or anywhere else). Then came similar failures to write books about sea turtles, circumnavigation of the globe, building jet engines at home, the sociology of chickens, or fungi of the skin.Luckily, Mr. Klein's paramount concern was the consumer. He knew that if we, his publishers, were going to boldly ask you to purchase his book (see above for price), he would have to write something so good, so worthwhile, so meaningful as to make you want to send additional money to your bookseller in gratitude for having allowed you to partake in this reading experience.So Mr. Klein set out to write about what he knows best: himself. This book is about the adventures of a child who becomes a young man: how he thinks and dreams and lusts and fears and laughs and handles adversity. From the beginning of his distinguished career as a comedian, Robert Klein established himself as a pioneer in observational humor and razor-sharp routines that are infectiously funny. Now -- for the first time -- Klein brings his trademark humor and honesty to the printed page. In this portrait of a comic as a young man, Klein takes us back to the people and streets of his Bronx neighborhood, the eccentric cast of characters in the Catskills hotels and bungalow colonies where he worked, the college dorms where he received more than an academic education, the 1964 World's Fair where he fell in love, New York City and Chicago in the 1960s as he developed his talent, and Los Angeles just as he was about to embark on a show business career. Throughout, Klein reveals the hilarity of growing up and explores the mysteries and his own foibles in sex and relationships. He recounts with wit and poignancy losing his virginity with a prostitute, bringing home a German girlfriend to his Jewish family, and the amorous adventures of the busboy he once was.With an ego more fragile than Chinese pottery, Robert Klein has written a funny and evocative coming-of-age memoir -- well worth the price (if we say so ourselves). Enjoy.All the best,The Publisher, From the beginning of his distinguished career as a comedian, Robert Klein established himself as a pioneer in observational humour and razor-sharp routines that are infectiously funny. With an ego more fragile than Chinese pottery, Klein has written a funny and evocative coming-of-age memoir.
LC Classification Number
PN2287.K673A3 2005

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