No Cure for Cancer A Monologue |
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Author:
| Leary, Denis |
ISBN: | 978-0-385-42581-0 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1992 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Anchor |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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An uproarious and lacerating meditation on life--and death--by celebrated comedian and actor Denis Leary. Based on the writer-performer's hit Off-Broadway show, this rapid-fire monologue sends up society and its ills--disease, drugs, crime, junk culture, the recovery movement, pious political correctness, urban life, and above all, our fear of mortality--with wicked satire and insight. "High-octane comedy . . . terribly, angrily funny."--
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More DescriptionAn uproarious and lacerating meditation on life--and death--by celebrated comedian and actor Denis Leary.
Based on the writer-performer's hit Off-Broadway show, this rapid-fire monologue sends up society and its ills--disease, drugs, crime, junk culture, the recovery movement, pious political correctness, urban life, and above all, our fear of mortality--with wicked satire and insight.
"High-octane comedy . . . terribly, angrily funny."--The New York Times
"Absolutely brilliant . . . the real cutting edge of American comedy."--The Boston Globe