The Todd Glass Situation: A Bunch of Lies about My Personal Life and a Bunch of True Stories about My 30-Year Career in Stand-Up Comedy
“Glass is a brilliant and very original comedian…There are plenty of laughs in Glass’s stories of his fast start in comedy—he went from discovering he could make people laugh to opening for Patti LaBelle on Broadway while still in his teens—and the long, slow climb that followed. Yet his account of his lifelong struggle to be honest about his sexuality is also serious, sad and ultimately triumphant.” (New York Times Book Review)“Glass clearly seeks to entertain with this comic picaresque, yet like his idol George Carlin, he also seeks to tell the truth, which he does with compassion and empathy throughout. A humorous, lively and humane memoir.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Unlike most memoirs by comedians, his actually addresses an important social issue…While the chapters about his career are fun and interesting, it’s the chapters about acknowledging his own truth and helping others to address theirs that makes this a great book to read and discuss with others.” (The Washingtonian)“Todd Glass is one of my all-time favorite comedians. But he is not just a brilliant comedian, he is also a terrible friend.” (Sarah Silverman, New York Times bestselling author of The Bed-Wetter)“Todd Glass is not only the funniest person I know, he might be the funnest. This book is like Todd: fun, engaging and honest. And having ghost written so many classic books (War & Peace,Elmo Goes Shopping,The Celestine Prophecy,The Notebook) it is nice to see Todd finally put his name on one! Also: Todd Glass is much funnier than his brother Ira.” (Jim Gaffigan, New York Times bestselling author of Dad is Fat)"Todd is a human hurricane and comedic force of nature. And now that hurricane has written a book. HOW DID HE TYPE WITH HIS WIND-FINGERS?" (Patton Oswalt, author of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland)“There are comics and then there arecomic’scomics. Todd Glass is the rarecomic’s comicscomic. Which means six people find him funny.” (Norm Macdonald)“Comedian Todd Glass has written a brave, amusing book about the hardest challenge of his life: Coming out… How he does this and how it goes are some of the most brave writing I’ve read of late…by turns funny and frank and often both.” (Blogcritics)"A reliably funny and entertaining memoir...Glass' engaging delivery reflects his honest quest to live openly and abandon his early embarrassment about his sexuality. This memoir will appeal to Glass' fan base, as well as readers looking for stories of self-acceptance and triumph over shame." (Publishers Weekly)