True Story: A Novel

by Bill Maher

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
57	1	188,327	(3.28)	1

Add to your library

Add to wishlist

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

zenosbooks, grizelsandilands, Citizenjoyce, sambvca, MattFranck, melissajoy, mvfkh, numerodix, kristingarth, lpg3d

numbers

show all

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing recommendations

Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? The Best of Politically Incorrect by Bill Maher (1996)
The Rant Zone: An All-Out Blitz Against Soul-Sucking Jobs, Twisted Child Stars, Holistic Loons, and People Who Eat Their by Dennis Miller (2001)
New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer by Bill Maher (2005)
Ranting Again by Dennis Miller (1998)
Rants by Dennis Miller (1996)

see more recommendations for this work

refresh

▾Member recommendations

None.

▾Will you like it?

▾Member reviews

Bill Maher writes about what it's like trying to become a stand up comic by telling the story of 5 aspiring comedians: Dick, Fat, Shit, Chink and Buck. The names show you the depth of the humor. I think he does a good job showing the process and emotions involved in beginning a comedy career. He also seems to say that funny men, which I'm sure includes himself, are rather stunted in their sexual and emotional maturity. In the area of sex they don't seem to be able to progress beyond 15 year old adolescents. I love Maher's take on politics, but as a human being he and his five comics have some growing to do. (

)

Citizenjoyce | Apr 26, 2012 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

▾Work-to-work relationships

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Series (with order)

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Publisher series

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Bill Maher

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary

▾Book descriptions

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743291352, Paperback)

True Story is Maher's debut novel about the wild and crazy life of the stand-up comedian -- a bawdy, rowdy tell-all report from the front line.

(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:15:50 -0400)

(see all 3 descriptions)

▾Library descriptions

Five young men try to make it in the world of stand-up comedy. They are Buck, Dick, Shit, Fat and Chink, the names reflecting their specialties, which range from body functions to racial identity. The author is the host of the TV cable comedy, Politically Incorrect.… (more)