At the Independent, Will Dean named a reading list on stand-up comedy. One of five books on the list:Love All the People by Bill HicksRead about another book on the list.
Where [Stewart] Lee took apart his own work in [How I Escaped My Certain Fate], this collection of Hicks – the great comic inconoclast – released 10 years after his death, features transcripts of routines that allow the reader to see material evolve over a number of shows. It also includes ideas, letters and a long note to the writer John Lahr after his infamous booting from David Letterman' show.
--Marshal Zeringue
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