Tremendous The life of a comedy savage
Book - 2023
"Tremendous is the story of Diaz's life, from grueling childhood and misspent youth to finding his true calling in comedy"--
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Autobiographies
Biographies - Published
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Dallas, TX :
BenBella Books
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- viii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781637742617
- Introduction
- Part 1. Early Years
- Chapter 1. Want to See a Dead Body?
- Chapter 2. The Stepfather
- Chapter 3. Fighting Is the Answer
- Chapter 4. Los Pájaros y Las Abejas
- Chapter 5. A Double Life
- Chapter 6. Bad Luck
- Chapter 7. Be a Man
- Chapter 8. A Cuban Farewell
- Chapter 9. This Can't Be Real
- Part 2. Criminal Life
- Chapter 10. The Devil's Student
- Chapter 11. The Snowmass Village Thief
- Chapter 12. Burning Bridges
- Chapter 13. The Cocaine Takeover
- Chapter 14. The Kidnapping
- Chapter 15. Jail
- Chapter 16. A Catholic in Conflict
- Part 3. Comedy
- Chapter 17. Do You Want to Be a Stand-up Comic?
- Chapter 18. What Does 'Spic' Mean?
- Chapter 19. Fat Baby
- Chapter 20. Love and Comedy
- Chapter 21. Joey Diaz, The Actor
- Chapter 22. How to Quit Cocaine
- Chapter 23. The Church of What's Happening Now
- Chapter 24. Second Chances
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments