Publisher Description
Debauched, divorced, and courting death, Billy Ray Schafer is a comedian who has forgotten how to laugh. Over the course of seven spun-out days across the American Southwest, he travels from from hell gig to hell gig in search of a reason to keep living in this bleak and violent glimpse into the psyche of a thoroughly ruined man. Ex-inmate, ex-husband, ex-father—comedian is the only title Schafer has left. Trapped in the wreckage of his wasted career, Billy Ray knows the answer to the question: what happens when the opportunity doesn't come—or worse—it comes and goes?
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About the Narrators
Marc Maron, a
stand-up comedian, is host of the Marc
Maron Show, and co-host of both Morning
Sedition and Breakroom Live. He
has been a frequent guest on the Late
Show with David Letterman and made more than forty appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brian, more than
any other stand-up performer. He lives in Los Angeles.
Adam Cayton-Holland is a national touring comic who has appeared on Conan, @midnight, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Happy Endings, Deadbeat, Flophouse, Hidden America with Jonah Ray, and was named one of Esquire’s “25 Comics to Watch” and Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch.” Adam co-created, writes, and stars in truTV’s Those Who Can’t along with his fellow members of the comedy troupe, The Grawlix. His albums I Don’t Know If I Happy and Backyards are available on iTunes, and his writing has appeared in Village Voice, Spin, The A.V. Club, and The Atlantic. Adam has been described as “genial” and “with pretty decent teeth.” He is the author of Tragedy Plus Time.
Chris Gethard hosts The Chris Gethard Show as well as the popular weekly podcast Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People. His Judd Apatow–produced one-man show, Career Suicide, premiered on HBO and was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for its off-Broadway run. His film and television credits include Don’t Think Twice, Broad City, The Other Guys, Inside Amy Schumer, The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Louie. He lives in Queens, New York.