Publisher Description
This is the story of Bronx-born David Kokolovitz and his hilarious experiences with sex, Shakespeare, and the South Pacific. We follow David on his journey away from his Bronx home in search of an acting career. In a comedy of opposites, New Yorker David ends up living in the Deep South where he lands his first acting job at a southern Shakespeare repertory company. Just as the hazards of too-tight tights and too-long soliloquies become too much for him, World War II conveniently breaks out and he moves on to entertain the troops. It is then that he discovers his real performance talent - the ability to make people laugh. Renowned entertainer Carl Reiner narrates his own novel about a factory worker who turns into a show business icon.
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"So, Carl Reiner isn't one of the great novelists of our time. Big deal! I enjoyed this story and isn't that what really matters? I did hope, at the end, that we'd be allowed to be there when David finally introduces his family to Mary Deare, but ya can't have it all.
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Jonna (4 out of 5 stars)
About Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (1922–2020) was an actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian. He began his directing career on the Dick Van Dyke Show, and his first feature film was an adaptation of Joseph Stein’s play Enter Laughing. He also wrote a number of books, including the memoir My Anecdotal Life.