Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin
Recommended by 11 notable people, including Marc Andreessen and James Clear
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Recommended by 16 sources and appears in Comedy, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
The riveting, megabestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly.In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of standup. In 1981 he quit forever. ...
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Recommended by 16 sources and appears in Comedy, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
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