Watch scenes from Richard Lewis Naked, a behind-the-scenes documentary following Richard as he promotes the original release of The Other Great Depression, which was reissued this past spring.
Richard Lewis discusses his book The Other Great Depression with Craig Ferguson of CBS' Late Late Show and Keith Olbermann of MSNBC's Countdown.
by Richard Lewis
read by the Author
At the age of forty-four, renowned comedian Richard Lewis found himself on a gurney in the ER, toxic with alcohol and hallucinating from excess cocaine use. The same neuroses and dysfunctions that had been the basis for his successful stage persona and inspired his best material had, it seemed, turned on him.
How he got there, how he finally got on the road to recovery, and how he copes with being sober on a daily basis are the subjects of The Other Great Depression, Lewis’ very funny, deeply honest, inspiring, but very unsentimental book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RICHARD LEWIS is often spoken of by top journalists in the same breath as Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Jimi Hendrix and even Franz Kafka. His career as a stand-up brought him to the top of his ranks and into our hearts and vernacular. He’s currently on the road in his Misery Loves Company Tour so to close, in his own words—”I go on a long tour and make people happy that they’re not me and go home.”
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Click Here to read about The Other Great Depression in the Pittsburgh Tribune
REVIEWS
"....I just finished reading Richard Lewis's memoir, The Other Great Depression. Here's a surprise: Richard Lewis is really, really screwed up. The book is actually surprisingly good, though not all that funny (except for a brilliant extended daydream of Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, Woody Allen, Jackie Mason, and Rodney Dangerfield trying to talk him out of jumping off a bridge), but most of all nakedly, poignantly, strikingly honest about his own failings. He's a recovering alcoholic, so the book is part of owning up to his own demons, neuroses, and addictions; basically, everything that he made hilarious onstage, he suffered from offstage.
Other than Lewis's paperback catharsis, which probably belongs in the alienated, dyspeptic Jewish-American canon along with Philip Roth, Henry Roth, Lenny Bruce, and all the rest, comedians' memoirs tend to be pretty breezy––and very short––reads...."––Huffington Post
"This stunning autobiography by comedian Lewis is an intriguing account of his dysfunctional career and addictive personality, focusing particularly on his drug and alcohol problems. Lewis narrates with the same unsentimental, straightforward, and hilarious manner that he does on stage, though much of the story is far from funny. The result is an incredibly candid discussion about the demons of abuse that have plagued the celebrated career of this self-deprecating comedian. Lewis's inspiring message and clear-cut voice make for addictive listening." ––Publishers Weekly (starred review)
ISBN 978-1-59777-210-5
$34.95 US / $36.95 CAN
7 CD's Unabridged
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