Memoirs and Misinformation - Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon

Memoirs and Misinformation

By Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon

  • Release Date: 2020-07-07
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 64 Ratings

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "None of this is real and all of it is true." —Jim Carrey

Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege—but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even ... getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs, but nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui. Even the sage advice of his best friend, actor and dinosaur skull collector Nicolas Cage, isn't enough to pull Carrey out of his slump.

But then Jim meets Georgie: ruthless ingénue, love of his life. And with the help of auteur screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, he has a role to play in a boundary-pushing new picture that may help him uncover a whole new side to himself—finally, his Oscar vehicle! Things are looking up!

But the universe has other plans.

Memoirs and Misinformation is a fearless semi-autobiographical novel, a deconstruction of persona. In it, Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon have fashioned a story about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, our "one big soul," Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world—apocalypses within and without.

Reviews

  • Genius!

    5
    By AudjLV
    I loved this book so much more than I expected. Brilliant prose that is funny, sad, sardonic and deep - all the same time. An over-the-top tale that skewers our inflated or deflated sense of self, belonging, fame and fame/worship. Bravo!
  • Completely surprised

    4
    By MehDusta
    This book took me by surprise. I’m an avid fan of Jim Carrey so I definitely wanted to check this out. I was never expecting this surreal & enthralling satire/critique on the ideals of self, celebrity, & legacy.
  • Disappointed

    2
    By 1023334
    As someone else here wrote... I always finish books i start, but i won’t be finishing this one. I made it halfway through and just cannot take anymore of it. There are a few good parts, but most of it seems just meaningless and probably only really makes sense to the authors. I love Jim Carey, but i can’t find myself to love this book.
  • A raucously fun read!

    5
    By Dyliak
    Caustically hilarious satire on the surrealism that is the real Hollywood fame scene. Creatively drawn, astutely nuanced and gratuitously detailed. LOVED IT! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
  • A truly sublime treatise of the Soul, Psyche, and Body.

    5
    By ffhf got dd
    A truly sublime treatise of the Soul, Psyche, and Body. Jim is a clever man. I respect him for this bold work. Thank you Mr. Carrey. To the nay sayers, this book is a gem of knowledge, “faction”. See the forest through the trees my friends. 🌲👁🌲
  • Don’t waste your money or time.

    1
    By you wont post
    So so so bad. I will always finish a book but not this one. It was a bunch of boring babble.
  • Fascinating Read

    5
    By .e.m.s.
    A truly amazing adventure through the brilliant mind of Jim Carrey. Not everyone will appreciate this masterpiece, but it is truly a one of a kind book from a truly one of a kind man.
  • Tradh

    1
    By Dat Boi✈️✈️🏢🏢
    Just bad
  • Stay Away!

    1
    By slampeck
    What a terrible book. Never been so bored.

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