The Huey Williams Story [Paperback]

Andy Kaufman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 495 pages
• Publisher: Zilch Pub Inc (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193041000X
• ISBN-13: 978-1930410008
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,390,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a profoundly magical adventure!, March 5, 2005

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lovely lotus - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Huey Williams Story (Paperback)

I read this book five years ago and it still remains my favorite. It's so very extremely precious to me. If you have an open mind to endless possibilities that need no explaination... if you want to read a book that comes from a pure place and travels beyond the norm of the collective imagination... if you LOVE Andy Kaufman for ALL he did and ALL he was in ALL of his myriad dimensions then you MUST read this book! Andy lives on and I feel less alone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Journey, October 12, 2009

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Cult/Film/Freak "cultfilmfreak" (baal, california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Huey Williams Story (Paperback)

This is a pseudo-autographical novel written by the late comic/actor/performer Andy Kaufman from 1977 to 1983. Most of the book centers on a young Huey's adventures climbing a mystical mountain at an amusement park and the further up he goes, the more adventures he finds himself involved in - basically it's a journey into "other lands", very dreamlike in its nature. The story will then go back and forth to Huey growing up "on earth" (i.e. in reality) and eventually becoming a comedian and actor. When things get too normal we return to the mountain: back into dreamland again (although it's never said to be an actual dream; and the "normal" story's character learns from the mountain experiences). The writing flows beautifully and the book even keeps in grammer and spelling mistakes just as Kaufman typed it. The story ends with a description of a random building in New York - as Kaufman was in the midst of the disease that took him way too soon and couldn't continue (there are dates, like in journal entries, before each "chapter", and this last chapter ends months before his death). The first ten pages, before Huey climbs the mountain - centering on his first year of kindergarten, wandering around his neighborhood, hanging with his buddies and being chased by tract bullies - is as realistic and involving as any coming-of-age prose I've read. I own two of these books, and also Kaufman's POETRY & STORIES, which I also recomend, if you can find it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect condition!, January 7, 2012

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RickS - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Huey Williams Story (Paperback)

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