LENNY BRUCE


How to Talk Dirty and Influence People An Autobiography


Reissue edition of Lenny Bruce’s classic autobiography to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, with a new preface by Lewis Black and a new foreword by Howard Reich


and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, “So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy.” Although Bruce died when he was only 40, his


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influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most important and controversial entertainer in history.


uring the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion


LENNY BRUCE (1925—1966) was a stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. His 1964 trial for obscenity (and posthumous pardon) is seen as a landmark for freedom of speech in the United States.


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BIOGRAPHY / HUMOR $16.99 | $21.99 (Can.) ISBN 978-0-306-82529-3 6 x 9 | 240 pages | 24 pages of black-&-white photographs Selling Territory: WxESP EBOOK ISBN 978-0-306-82530-9


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