Is There A Life After Birth?
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
With a title as audaciously irreverent as the man himself, Is There a Life After Birth? presents Alexander King at his most wickedly observant — a raconteur, illustrator, and self-described misanthrope who chronicles his own extraordinary existence with the sardonic wit of a man who has truly seen it all. King — bohemian artist, magazine editor, notorious television personality, and one-time opium addict — presents his life not as a conventional memoir but as a brilliantly digressive series of reflections on the absurdities of modern civilization, human folly, and the bittersweet comedy of simply being alive. King's prose style is singular: garrulous, erudite, and laced with a dark humour that renders even the most harrowing episodes of his life strangely entertaining. A celebrated figure in mid-20th-century New York literary and artistic circles, King arguments against conformity and mediocrity with the fervour of a true iconoclast. Having first captured American audiences with his unforgettable appearances on Jack Paar's Tonight Show, he went on to channel that same electrifying storytelling energy into his books — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final page, whether any life could ever be quite as extravagantly, improbably vivid as his own.
Author: Alexander King
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
With a title as audaciously irreverent as the man himself, Is There a Life After Birth? presents Alexander King at his most wickedly observant — a raconteur, illustrator, and self-described misanthrope who chronicles his own extraordinary existence with the sardonic wit of a man who has truly seen it all. King — bohemian artist, magazine editor, notorious television personality, and one-time opium addict — presents his life not as a conventional memoir but as a brilliantly digressive series of reflections on the absurdities of modern civilization, human folly, and the bittersweet comedy of simply being alive. King's prose style is singular: garrulous, erudite, and laced with a dark humour that renders even the most harrowing episodes of his life strangely entertaining. A celebrated figure in mid-20th-century New York literary and artistic circles, King arguments against conformity and mediocrity with the fervour of a true iconoclast. Having first captured American audiences with his unforgettable appearances on Jack Paar's Tonight Show, he went on to channel that same electrifying storytelling energy into his books — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final page, whether any life could ever be quite as extravagantly, improbably vivid as his own.