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000737727 05004 $$aPN2287.P77$$bS38 2015
000737727 1001_ $$aSaul, Scott,$$eauthor.
000737727 24510 $$aBecoming Richard Pryor /$$cScott Saul.
000737727 24630 $$aRichard Pryor
000737727 250__ $$aFirst Harper Perennial edition.
000737727 264_1 $$aNew York, New York :$$bHarper Perennial,$$c2015.
000737727 264_4 $$c©2014
000737727 300__ $$axvi, 586 pages :$$billustrations, maps ;$$c23 cm
000737727 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000737727 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000737727 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000737727 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000737727 5050_ $$aAuthor's note -- Prologue -- Part 1:  Up From Peoria: -- Dangerous elements -- Backside of life -- Law of the lash -- Glow, glow worm, glow -- Boot -- Measure of a man -- Part 2:  Man Of A Thousand Rubber Faces: -- In search of openness -- Mr Congeniality -- Irregular regular -- Person in question -- Part 3:  In The House Of Pain: -- King is dead -- Black sun rising -- Irreconcilable differences -- I'm a serious mother -- Part 4:  King Of The Scene Stealers: -- More I talk, the less I die -- Black goes first -- Be glad when it's spring, flower -- Number one with a bullet -- Part 5:  Funniest Man On The Planet: -- Every nigger is a star -- Hustling -- Man of parts -- Giving up absolutely nothing -- Can I speak to god right away? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
000737727 520__ $$a"Brings the man and his comic genius into focus as never before. Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his apprentice days in Greenwich Village to his soul-searching interlude in Berkeley and his ascent in the New Hollywood of the 1970s"--Amazon.com.
000737727 60010 $$aPryor, Richard,$$d1940-2005.
000737727 650_0 $$aAfrican American actors$$vBiography.
000737727 650_0 $$aComedians$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000737727 650_0 $$aActors$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000737727 650_0 $$aAfrican American motion picture actors and actresses$$vBiography.
000737727 650_0 $$aAfrican American entertainers$$vBiography.
000737727 650_0 $$aActors, Black$$vBiography.
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