{"id":6,"date":"2012-03-03T01:11:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T01:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wordpress\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2015-04-11T17:38:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T17:38:58","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/home\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This website is a product of the research behind the first section of Scott Saul’s\u00a0Becoming Richard Pryor<\/a> <\/em>(HarperCollins, 2014). (The biography has five sections.) \u00a0Eight years in the making,\u00a0Becoming Richard Pryor\u00a0<\/em>offers a groundbreaking portrait of the comedian,\u00a0tracing his rough journey from a childhood spent in Peoria’s red light district to his arrival in the 1970s as the “funniest person on the planet” and one of Hollywood’s most unlikely and unforgettable stars.<\/p>\n

Pryor was at once both a great truth-teller and a great fabulator. Becoming Richard Pryor<\/em>\u00a0reveals that, while Pryor made himself a legend with his own account of his life onstage, the full truth of that life is more bracing still.<\/p>\n

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Hear Scott Saul talk about Richard Pryor with Terry Gross on Fresh Air<\/em>!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Becoming\u00a0<\/em>Richard Pryor<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n

An Amazon.com “Best Book of the Month” for December 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

One of 9 books recommended as holiday gifts by the\u00a0New York Times<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“Sharply observed…Riveting.”<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Time Magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Magisterial\u2026.Brilliantly reveals the glorious highs and lows of Pryor’s life.”<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0The Independent\u00a0(UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Endlessly fascinating….A pop-culture masterpiece of exhaustive reporting, psychological insight, and elegant writing.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cleveland Plain-Dealer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Gripping\u2026.The only book you need on its subject.”<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0The Sunday Times\u00a0<\/em>(UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Absorbing, incisive…With skill and insight, Saul shows how both the best and the worst of Pryor could merge into a great body of work unmatched by anyone who was ever paid to make people laugh.” (Four out of four stars)<\/p>\n

\u2014 USA Today<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Becoming Richard Pryor\u00a0<\/em>is a fascinating, exhilarating read.\u00a0Scott Saul dives deeper and comes up with more treasure than previous biographers of Pryor; he deftly traces the stamp that Pryor left on American culture at one of its more impressionable moments. The great grace of the book, though, is how well written it is: it makes the worlds Pryor inhabited, and Pryor himself, come alive with a thrilling intensity. I didn’t want to put the book down and couldn’t wait to get back to \u00a0it.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u00a0The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Interested in learning more?<\/p>\n

Buy\u00a0Becoming Richard Pryor<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

on Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

on Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/p>\n

on Powells.com<\/a><\/p>\n

or visit Scott Saul’s personal webpage here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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