Too Fat to Fish
I knew the guy had substance abuse issues, but sheeesh!Too Fat to Fish is a no-holds-barred, tell-all that goes into great detail regarding the very depths comedian Artie Lange has sunk to. And apparently he's not finished. During the reading of this audiobook (yes audiobook...you think I would've picked this up if I wasn't able to breeze through it while driving, exercising, making dinner and taking dumps? Hell no!) Lange had to quit and have friends help him finish reading the book, because he was going through severe withdrawal symptoms after trying to quit heroine yet again. It is the broken record of his life.
If you know anything about him and his career, none of this will be a surprise. What will surprise you is what a decent book this turned out to be. Yes, it is filled with self-deprication, self-loathing, self...well, you get the picture. But what do you expect, it's an autobiography by an addict. However, when he's not self-endulging, he gets down to some good old fashioned storytelling. His youth and upbringing is nothing out of the ordinary, but he's got tales to tell which can at times be funny, sad and even touching as hell.