Memoirs and misinformation / Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 255 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780525655978
- 0525655972
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | CARREY, JIM | Available | 33111009742319 | ||||
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Main Library | Fiction | CARREY, JIM | Available | 33111009665429 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ."None of this is real and all of it is true." -Jim Carrey
Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege-but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even ... getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs, but nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui. Even the sage advice of his best friend, actor and dinosaur skull collector Nicolas Cage, isn't enough to pull Carrey out of his slump.
But then Jim meets Georgie- ruthless ingenue, love of his life. And with the help of auteur screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, he has a role to play in a boundary-pushing new picture that may help him uncover a whole new side to himself-finally, his Oscar vehicle! Things are looking up!
But the universe has other plans.
Memoirs and Misinformation is a fearless semi-autobiographical novel, a deconstruction of persona. In it, Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon have fashioned a story about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, our "one big soul," Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world-apocalypses within and without.
"A Novel"--Jacket.
"A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
"A semi-autobiographical novel follows the experiences of a successful but lonely, slightly overweight movie star who seeks to escape depression through a new romance and an Oscar-worthy role, only to discover the universe's alternative plans."--Provided by publisher.
Meet Jim Carrey. He's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege-- but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even getting fat? Nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui ... until Jim meets Georgie: ruthless ingénue, love of his life. And he has a role to play in a boundary-pushing new picture that may help him uncover a whole new side to himself-- his Oscar vehicle! Things are looking up! But the universe has other plans ... -- adapted from jacket