Book #185 of 2021: Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin The most surprising thing about this 2007 memoir by comedian Steve Martin is that it’s not particularly funny. I don’t mean that the author is attempting jokes which fall flat, merely that it’s a fairly serious reflection on his early career, featuring …
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