The Dangerous Animals Club
From legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky, comes a collection of memoiristic pieces about life, love, acting, and adventure, told with a beguiling voice and an uncommon talent for storytelling.The Dangerous Animals Club by Stephen Tobolowsky is a series of stories that form a non-linear...
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From legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky, comes a collection of memoiristic pieces about life, love, acting, and adventure, told with a beguiling voice and an uncommon talent for storytelling.The Dangerous Animals Club by Stephen Tobolowsky is a series of stories that form a non-linear autobiography. Each story stands on its own, and yet there are larger interconnecting narratives that weave together from the book's beginning to end. The stories have heroics and embarrassments, riotous humor and pathos, characters that range from Bubbles the Pigmy Hippo to Stephen's unforgettable mother, and scenes that include coke-fueled parties, Hollywood sets, French trains, and hospital rooms. Told in a vivid, honest, and wondrous voice, Tobolowsky manages to render the majestic out of the seemingly mundane, profundity from the patently absurd, and grace from tragedy. This book marks the debut of a massively talented storyteller.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781451633160 (1451633165)
ASIN: 1451633165
Publish date: September 17th 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Biography Memoir,
Short Stories
Very close to five stars. I have been listening to this book for over a week, and when it ended I found myself wishing that it would go on. It's not a memoir of his acting career (you might not recognize his name, but you would recognize his face) though it has many stories from his career, they are...