Amy Schumer has mastered the art of leaning all the way in: Her new multi-million-dollar book deal apparently didn't always come with such a hefty price tag. Two years ago, according to the New York Times, she signed a similar deal with HarperCollins for a book of humor essays to be written with help from The New Yorker's Patricia Marx. At the time, Schumer was like any other emerging comedian with a lot of buzz, and so they offered her a $1 million advance. Schumer eventually canceled that deal and returned the check because she was "too busy" (likely launching Inside Amy Schumer) to write a book. She told GQ earlier this summer, "I had a whole deal, but I decided to wait — I thought I would make more money if I waited." One rom-com, an Emmy, and #squad with Jennifer Lawrence later, and Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books...
- 10/1/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
Self-aware books walk a thin line between breaking the fourth wall in a way that refreshes a familiar story, and becoming too invasive. In Starting From Happy, the second novel from former Saturday Night Live writer and New Yorker staff writer Patricia Marx, the overly meta tendencies overshadow what might otherwise amount to a sharp skewering of domestic literature. Wally, a scientist of inscrutable intelligence, meets Imogene, a New York lingerie designer, at a party thrown by a mutual friend. Patty, the author inserted into the text, narrates the story of a long courtship and partnership, of the “he repeatedly ...
- 8/31/2011
- avclub.com
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