The Funny Man : A Novel EPUB
by John Warner
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This dark comedy about celebrity is from the author who is ';among the most perceptive and edgy chroniclers of an increasingly coarse American culture' (New York Journal of Books).
The funny man is a middling comic in an unnamed city. By day he takes care of his infant son; by night he performs in small clubs. His wife waits tables to support the family. It doesn't sound like much, but they're happy, more or less. Until the day he comes up with it. His thing. His gimmick. And everything changes. He's a headliner, and the venues get bigger fast. Pretty soon he has a starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster, all thanks to the gimmick.
Which is: He performs with his fist in his mouth. Jokes, impressions, commercialsall with his fist in his mouth. The people want himare crazy for himbut only with his fist in his mouth.
And the funny man is tired of having his fist in his mouth.
Thus, as the novel begins, his career is in tatters, his family has left him, and he's on trial for shooting an unarmed man six times. His lawyer argues that he is not guilty by reason of celebrity. It remains to be seen whether he can be saved... A smart satire of our absurd culture, The Funny Man documents one individual's slide from everyman to monstereven as it reveals the potential for grace and mercy in his life.
The funny man is a middling comic in an unnamed city. By day he takes care of his infant son; by night he performs in small clubs. His wife waits tables to support the family. It doesn't sound like much, but they're happy, more or less. Until the day he comes up with it. His thing. His gimmick. And everything changes. He's a headliner, and the venues get bigger fast. Pretty soon he has a starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster, all thanks to the gimmick.
Which is: He performs with his fist in his mouth. Jokes, impressions, commercialsall with his fist in his mouth. The people want himare crazy for himbut only with his fist in his mouth.
And the funny man is tired of having his fist in his mouth.
Thus, as the novel begins, his career is in tatters, his family has left him, and he's on trial for shooting an unarmed man six times. His lawyer argues that he is not guilty by reason of celebrity. It remains to be seen whether he can be saved... A smart satire of our absurd culture, The Funny Man documents one individual's slide from everyman to monstereven as it reveals the potential for grace and mercy in his life.
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- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Soho Press
- Publication Date:27/09/2011
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- ISBN:9781569479742
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Item not Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Soho Press
- Publication Date:27/09/2011
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- ISBN:9781569479742
