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"A funny and sex-addled, fame-intoxicated look at teen magic. Refreshingly honest!"
--Will Ferguson, three-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour
About the author
Mark Leiren-Young is the author of the bestselling Never Shoot a Stampede Queen (Heritage House, 2009), winner of the 2009 Leacock Medal for Humour. Mark's other books are The Green Chain (Heritage House, 2011) and This Crazy Time (Knopf Canada, 2012), written with Canadian environmentalist, Tzeporah Berman. His stage plays have been produced throughout Canada and the US and have also been seen in Europe and Australia. As a journalist he has written for such publications as TIME, Maclean's, Utne Reader and the Walrus and he's currently working as the theatre critic for the Vancouver Sun. Mark
lives in Vancouver, BC.
Summary
Like all great adventures, this one starts with someone trying to get a girl. After all, King Meneleaus didn't go to Troy for the baklava.
Playwright, journalist, comedian and bestselling author Mark Leiren-Young recalls his teenage escapades in this hilarious memoir and coming-of-age story. A geeky bully-magnet, Mark was seventeen and wanted to be a playwright, but even more than that, he wanted to impress Sarah,
the girl he'd pined for since elementary school. It's 1980 and, thanks to Doug Henning, magic is hip, so Mark hooks up with Randy, a stoner magician, and Kyle, an ambitious young actor, to chase fame--and the women of their dreams. Seeing a chance at having all of their desires come true, they risk everything to create a show they know will be like Star Wars on stage. But is getting a date worth having your head cut off?
