Tremendous The life of a comedy savage

Joey Coco Diaz

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
Dallas, TX : BenBella Books 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Joey Coco Diaz (author)
Other Authors
Erica Florentine (author)
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