If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor. - book reviews

If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor (Thunder's Mouth Press, $19.95) is an almost clinically analytical look at the life and humor of one of america's greatest talents. Novelist John A. Williams (Jacob's Ladder, Click Song) and his son Dennis A. Williams (a former staff reporter for Newsweek) have joined forces to produce a probing examination of the myth and mystery that have made Pryor an enduring, if somewhat tragic, figure in the entertainment industry. The Williams explore the facets of Pryor's life that have given his humor its gritty, insightful edge, and have contributed to his drug-abusing, self-destructive personal behavior.

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