Born Standing Up

In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene.

By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of ‘why I did stand-up and why I walked away’.

Emmy and Grammy Award winner, author of the acclaimed bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing and beautifully written.

Throughout the text, Martin has placed photographs, many never – seen before. Born Standing Up is a superb testament to the sheer tenacity, focus and daring of one of the greatest and most iconoclastic comedians of all time.