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Pryor convictions and other life sentences, the official autobiography, Richard Pryor ; featuring a new foreward by Tig Notaro

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Pryor convictions and other life sentences, the official autobiography, Richard Pryor ; featuring a new foreward by Tig Notaro

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pryor convictions and other life sentences

Responsibility statement

Richard Pryor ; featuring a new foreward by Tig Notaro

Sub title

the official autobiography

Summary

Finally back in print, Richard Pryor's 1995 smash hit Pryor Convictionsï»¿ follows Pryor's life from his upbringing in a brothel in Peoria, Illinois, where he was sexually assaulted by a man in his neighborhood, to his early years as a stand-up comic in New York through fame, fortune, drug addiction and the infamous freebase cocaine incident, seven marriages to five women, and finally a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Still pertinent and as fresh as it was when first published, ï»¿Pryor Convictions, ï»¿gives a glimpse of the life of the greatest comedian of his generation. With a keen eye and his trademark humor, Richard Pryor delivers an entertaining powerhouse of a memoir that is sure to enthrall the next generation of comedy fans

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