I’m a Joke and So Are You
What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks
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english Pages 288 Year 2019
Table of contents :
Foreword by Stewart Lee
Introduction: Shouting at Strangers for Money
CHAPTER 1 Tell Me About Your Childhood
CHAPTER 2 The Brain, Hardware and Chemistry
CHAPTER 3 Talking About Myself Behind My Back
CHAPTER 4 Daydreaming for a Purpose
CHAPTER 5 Is There a Real You?
CHAPTER 6 Getting to Know Your Inner Fraud
CHAPTER 7 Anxiety and the ‘Imp of the Mind’
CHAPTER 8 Morals and Temptations
CHAPTER 9 Death, Where Is Thy Punchline?
Afterword
Notes
