The Long-Awaited, Enormously Entertaining Memoir by One of the Great
Artists of Our Time--Now a New York Times, USA Today,
Los Angeles Times, and Publisher's Weekly Bestseller.
In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director,
comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his
tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood and his stint as
a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of
television, working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his
difficult early days doing standup before he achieved recognition and
success. With his unique storytelling pizzazz, he recounts his departure
into moviemaking, with such slapstick comedies as Take the Money and
Run, and revisits his entire, sixty-year-long, and enormously
productive career as a writer and director, from his classics Annie
Hall, Manhattan, and Annie and Her Sisters to his most recent
films, including Midnight in Paris. Along the way, he discusses his
marriages, his romances and famous friendships, his jazz playing, and
his books and plays. We learn about his demons, his mistakes, his
successes, and those he loved, worked with, and learned from in equal
measure.
This is a hugely entertaining, deeply honest, rich and brilliant
self-portrait of a celebrated artist who is ranked among the greatest
filmmakers of our time.
