Based on a True Story: A Memoir (Unabridged) Based on a True Story: A Memoir (Unabridged)

Based on a True Story: A Memoir (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 4.5 • 463 Ratings
    • $14.99

Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Driving, wild and hilarious” (The Washington Post), here is the incredible “memoir” of the legendary actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran.

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.”

GENRE
Comedy
NARRATOR
NM
Norm Macdonald
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
07:18
hr min
RELEASED
2016
September 20
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
450.9
MB

Customer Reviews

cllawson ,

An Outstanding Book

Or so the Germans would have you believe

DenverBeatlesFan ,

Audiobook is a Gift From Norm Himself!

I rarely listen to an audiobook twice, but I’m on my countless time listening to this one! I never thought Norm could make me cry with anything but laughter, but this audiobook gave me all the feels! If you know Norm, you know what parts of his story are real and what are fantasies, but you’ll also know that they’re all truth.
We miss you Norm! Thank you for narrating this audiobook yourself!

Fjgdnjuuu ,

The Greatest Book I’ve Ever Experienced

Norm Macdonald was a good man. He was not Hollywood, though he lived amongst that world. He lived in a condo where he purchased the adjacent condo so his mom could live nearby. His convictions were not the “norm” for Hollywood, either. If you want an accurate idea of what type of person he actually was, don’t read this book. This book is absolutely NOT a memoir. It is a comic novel. I’ve read it so many times. But then I got the audiobook and everything changed. You need to hear this book from his actual voice. The timing is important and only Norm has the key to the proper timing. I have listened so many times to the audiobook,I have certain chapters memorized…like the one where Norm attempts to force himself sexually on an inmate during his 40 year stint in federal prison…..or the one where Norm makes a deal with Satan to win the heart of his one true love. The concept of this book is completely original. There’s a story within the story. It’s just extremely interesting and provides a vivid snapshot of Norm’s demented mind. He was a beautiful person. I hope he is happy wherever he is now.

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