by Jim Norton
First published 2007
Comedian Jim Norton opens his life for brutal examination in this collection of personal essays. He recounts his arrest during the Voyeur Bus incident on the Opie and Anthony Show. He describes awkward teenage poetry written during rehab. He tells of paying for massage parlor services and his obsession with bad television and overweight women. Norton seeks approval from childhood hero Gene Simmons. He details a cheap sexual encounter he calls a "Monolith I'd Like to Forget." The book includes personal photographs alongside fifty essays. Norton attacks every topic with equal venom, targeting himself most harshly. His stories reveal embarrassing details and private moments. The writing stays brutally honest about his flaws and desires. Norton transforms his moral failures and physical insecurities into raw comedy material.
Genres: memoir, non-fiction, comedy, personal-development
Vibes: brutally-honest, intimate, raw
Tropes: brutally-honest, personal-memoir, raw
240 pages · Kindle Edition · Gallery Books
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content