Becoming Richard Pryor

by Scott Saul

Book Overview

A major biography--intimate, gripping, revelatory--of an artist who revolutionized American comedy.

Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history. Raised in his family's brothels, he grew up an outsider to privilege. He took to the stage, originally, to escape the hard-bitten realities of his childhood, but later came to a reverberating discovery: that by plunging into the depths of his experience, he could make...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062123300
• ISBN13: 9780062123305
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"