Based on a True Story
by Norm Macdonald
Taste attributes: comedydramafresh & originalrealisticlinearemotive & stirringunlikely connectionsfool triumphant
Boxlist takeA realistic, fresh comic novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.4 / 5
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About This Book
Fictional Memoir. A Novel containing scattered facts which are interleaved into fictional stories creating a journey through a fictional memoir of the author, which includes growing up in rural Canada, his SNL (TV show) days and many other anecdotes. This is an adventure and a retrospective of life. A humoristic literary work with a very unique style, matching the author's comedic and reflective take on life.
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- Author
- Norm Macdonald
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 256
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- Open Library
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