Crazy from the Heat
... it is only in this aw-what-the-freak frame of mind that you should attempt Roth's autobiography,Crazy from the Heat. Don't come to this table expecting polite discourse, ... just sit back and suck down outlandish anecdotes from a semi-charmed life.... The 800-pound guerrilla style of the narrative (the F-word appears twice in the first paragraph) spares no detail from his straight-outta-Hollywood beginnings: He saw his first psychiatrist for being "superactive" when he was 6 years old; had read the Koran and Lenny Bruce'sHow to Talk Dirty and Influence Peopleby the time he was 13; and had oral sex in 10th grade (while watching Buddy Hackett onThe Tonight Show!).  --Entertainment Weekly--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.