Originally published by Pantheon Books in 1995.
Frank, outrageous, profane, incisive, urgent - but above all, possessed by luminous humor - Pryor takes us from his birth in Peoria, Illinois, in 1940 and his childhood and adolescence...
Hugh Hefner came down for the second show to see what all the excitement was about and immediately signed Gregory to a three-year contract, beginning with a three-week run that was held over through March 12.
" Jokes My Father Never Taught Me is both lovingly told and painfully frank: the story of a girl who grew up adoring her father even as she feared him—and feared for him—as his drug problems grew worse.
The major studios considered him dangerous. Audiences felt plugged directly into the socket of life. Becoming Richard Pryor brings the man and his comic genius into focus as never before.
"This anthology captures the spirit, zest, and cultural impact of Pryor's complex artistry."--Back cover.
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A veteran ATF agent describes his remarkably successful two-and-a-half-year stint as an undercover agent with the Mongols, a violent outlaw motorcycle gang, a time during he which he not only became a full member of the gang but also rose ...
Traces the life of the popular Black comedian, from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois, to his work on the nightclub circuit, and his eventual success in movies and television
This third volume in The Lymond Chronicles, the highly renowned series of historical novels takes place in 1551, when Francis Crawford of Lymond is dispatched to embattled Malta, to assist the Knights of Hospitallers in defending the island ...