Based on a True Story Not a Memoir

New York Times bestseller bDriving, wild and hilarious (the Washington Post), here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran. bDont miss Norms new Netflix special, Hitlers Dog, Gossip & Treachery!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. bPraise for Based on a True StoryDostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book Ive read this year or last. the Wall Street JournalThis book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny. the New York TimesHilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be. bEsquireRaucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work. bA. V. ClubPart personal history and part meta riff on celebrity memoirs, the book, it quickly becomes clear, is also just partly true (and all hilarious). bVultureVery, very, very funny! Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prizeforliteraturequality effort. bDavid LettermanNorm is brilliant and thoughtful and there is sensitivity and creative insight in his observations and stories. A lot of comics over the years have been compared to Mark Twain, but I think Norm is the only one who actually matches the guy in terms of his voice and ability. I seriously f**king love Norm Macdonald. Please buy his book. He probably needs the cash. Hes really bad with money. bLouis C. K. , from the forewordNorm is one of my all-time favorites, and this book was such a great read I forgot how lonely I was for a while. bAmy SchumerI always thought Normies stand-up was the funniest thing there was. But this book gives it a run for its money. bAdam SandlerNorm is one of the greatest stand-up comics whos ever workeda totally original voice. His sense of the ridiculous and his use of juxtaposition in his writing make him a comics comic. We all love Norm. bRoseanne BarrNorm Macdonald makes me laugh my ass off. Who is funnier than Norm Macdonald? Nobody. bJudd ApatowNorm Macdonald is more than a triple threathes a septuple threat. He is smart, funny, wry, rakish, polite, rakish . . . no, wait. He is polite, insightful, and . . . aaaaah . . . warm. No. Hes exciting. Yeah. Exciting! You never know what hell do. Okay, then make that unpredictable. Add that up. Hes amazing. bAlec BaldwinNorm is a double threat. His material and timing are both top-notch, which is unheard of. He is one of my favorites, both on- and off-stage. bDave AttellLetterman said it best: there is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald. bRob Schneider