Becoming Richard Pryor
By: Scott Saul
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9780062123305
Subjects: Actors; Comedians; Biography
Description: "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 Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-563) and index.