Born standing up  : a comic's life by Steve Martin

This is a terrific story with an added bonus - Steven Martin is the reader.  It's a surprisingly intimate look at his childhood and start in the entertainment business.  He stuck to his own vision of humor and struggled for many years!  Fame does not come quickly or easily as he describes how he started as a boy doing magic tricks, life on the circuit as an "unusual" standup comic, stint as a comedy writer, and slow breakthrough as a comic on TV talk shows. I look forward to another book so he can tell his fans about the later years when he branched out to making movies and writing books.  --  JD