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This book is a memoir, but it is also an illuminating guidebook to stand-up from one of our two or three greatest comedians.

Though Martin is reticent about his personal life, he is also stunningly deft, and manages to give readers a feeling of intimacy and candor. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs collected by Martin, this book is instantly compelling visually and a spectacularly good read

The Emmy and Grammy Award-winner's candid, spectacularly amusing memoir of his years in stand-up

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life [Hardcover]

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

by: Steve Martin

Amazon Price: $3.33 (as of 05/27/2012)

But the book really takes off as he recounts the early days of his career making the transition from magician with a few funny bits to a full-blown stand-up comic. Not that Steve Martin is the colossal genius that Bob Dylan is, but it's interesting that much as Dylan describes how he became a songwriter because he realized he could never succeed as a virtuoso guitarist, Martin writes how he became a comic because, well, who doesn't want to be in show business?

Born Standing Up A Comic's Life

The Emmy and Grammy Award-winner's candid, spectacularly amusing memoir of his years in stand-up

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