Canada's most verbally virtuosic comic makes his literary
debut--and he's just as richly, uproariously funny on the page as on
stage.
His legion of fans--the ones who ensure his every
show the length and breadth of Canada is sold out--recognize Ron James
as one of the great stand-ups of his generation. His seemingly
improvisational flights of fancy--no two shows are ever the same--are
crammed with inventive phrase-making, feature a vocabulary Donald Trump
could only fantasize about and put every word into the service of
uproarious comedy.
He sounds like a man born to write a great
book--and now at last he has. But this is a book he has been writing for
most of his life, in his head, in his car, while driving from gig to
gig.
In All Over the Map, Ron has brilliantly captured the
voice that has enthralled millions on stage and screen. He also lets up
a little on the usually relentless laughs (though there are still
plenty of those) to reveal a new dimension to his beloved showbiz
character. His hilarious reminsences of growing up in Nova Scotia and
his early struggles as an aspiring comic, his reveries on such topics as
family, country, celebrity and lessons learned from myriad chance
encounters will deepen our appreciation for this great comic and win him
many new fans in his new role as author.
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