Nothing's Sacred

De: Lewis Black

Narrado por: Lewis Black

Comedian Lewis Black unleashes his trademark subversive wit while recounting his own life story in his New York Times bestselling memoir.

You've seen him on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart offering up his trademark angry observational humor on everything from politics to pop culture. You've seen his energetic stand-up performances on HBO, Comedy Central, and in venues across the globe. Now, for the first time, Lewis Black translates his volcanic eruptions into book form in Nothing's Sacred, a collection of rants against stupidity and authority, which oftentimes go hand in hand.

With subversive wit and intellectual honesty, Lewis examines the events of his life that shaped his antiauthoritarian point of view and developed his comedic perspective. Growing up in 1950s suburbia when father knew best and there was a sitcom to prove it, he began to regard authority with a jaundiced eye at an early age. And as that sentiment grew stronger with each passing year, so did his ability to hone in on the absurd.

True to form, he puts common sense above ideology and distills hilarious, biting commentary on all things politically and culturally relevant. "No one is safe from Lewis Black's comic missiles." (New York Times)

You have been warned....©2005 Lewis Black; (P)2005 Simon & Schuster Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"No one is safe from Lewis Black's comic missiles."
-- New York Times

"Lewis Black is the only person I know who can actually yell in print form. Very entertaining read."
-- Jon Stewart

pure honesty

sure it's odd story but it is brought alive bye the reader who is the writer of the book

Lewis Black Is My Anger Spirit Animal

As a fan of Mr Black & his over the top tirades, I knew that I'd enjoy this book & I did! My fandom may in part be because his comedy style & rants represent at times, my own anger & angst with things that are going on with the world. Ironically enough, even though this book is a bit dated, as he mentions older material off his stand up albums, plus the fact that he mentioned President Bush and how the Boston Red Sox had finally broken the "curse of the bambino" after 80 plus years of failing to get to the World Series. I am glad that threaded thru out the book were material from his albums that I had heard before. I also appreciated the fact that he kept it mostly to his youth, life in high school, his college experiences & the fact that while he was a youth, he was exposed to the effects of the Vietnam War and what it did to his friends & people he knew. Overall a solid book.. if your ok with profanity & not exactly p.c. points of view.. which I am!

Mostly Amusing

Any additional comments?

The stories in the book are interesting for the most part. It's not as funny as I expected, and Black's reading of it is lackluster; Black's one of my favorite comedians, but his usually boisterous and intense style is conspicuously absent.

Not the Lewis you would expect

This is not a bad chronicle of how Lewis Black came to acquire the cynicism and angst that drives his great comedy, but the book seems rather disjointed and lacking somehow. As I listened, I kept getting the feeling that he could have put a bit of the emotion that he shows in his comedy into the tales describing the events that made him become the person and entertainer that he is, but in the end the book left me somewhat disappointed.

love Lewis

Lewis Black has the greatest targeted anger in the business. I can't wait for the next book!