Title:
Riding the elephant : a memoir of altercations, humiliations, hallucinations, and observations
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Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
Physical Description:
xi, 267 pages : 24 cm
ISBN:
9780525533917
Abstract:
From the comedian, actor, and former host of The Late Late Show comes an irreverent, lyrical memoir in essays featuring his signature wit. Ferguson has defied the odds his entire life. He has failed when he should have succeeded and succeeded when he should have failed. Here, readers will get a look into the mind and recollections of the unique and twisted Scottish American. Some of the stories were too graphic for television, too politically incorrect for social media, or too meditative for a stand-up comedy performance. Craig discusses his deep love for his native Scotland, examines his profound psychic change brought on by fatherhood, and looks at aging and mortality with a perspective that he was incapable of as a younger man. -- adapted from jacket
Contents:
Riding the elephant -- Mad nomad -- Out, damned spot -- Dulce et decorum est -- An education of sorts -- Swim Davie -- The festival -- A right song and dance -- Down under -- The helpers -- Four queens -- Four kings -- Love and bullshit -- 2008 -- Learning to fly -- Therapy -- Resentment -- A marked man -- Japanese bar mitzvah -- Morning at LAX -- Draining the swamp -- Millport -- Margaret.
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Language:
English
