Item #005285 Laughing on the Outside: The Life Of John Candy. Martin Knelman.

Laughing on the Outside: The Life Of John Candy

Toronto: Penguin Books, 1996. Soft cover. 12mo. Fine. Item #005285

First paperback edition. 278 pp. [12] pp. B&W photos. Fine condition. Funny, gentle, soft-hearted and affable, John Candy was loved by millions of movie fans for playing characters who almost always conveyed much of the real man. Whether as the irrepressible bon vivant in Splash, the warm-hearted slob in Uncle Buck, or the gregarious blabbermouth salesman in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, John Candy perfectly melded self-deprecating humour with an irresistible emotional warmth. But off-screen, Candy was a complex and troubled man whose early years left him with deeply rooted anxieties about success, money and his own self-worth. In this penetrating biography about one of Canada's most gifted comedians and best-loved actors, Martin Knelman has painted a compassionate portrait of a man gifted with comic genius and an uncommon spirit of generosity, but who was ultimately undermined by self-doubt and misguided ambition.

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