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The Bassoon King

Art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room

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Description

Rainn Wilson'south memoir virtually growing upwards geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life

For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Part fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a bestselling book of the same name. He besides started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: "I'm non on Facebook" is the new "I don't fifty-fifty ain a TV") that now has more four million followers.

Now, he's ready to tell his ain story and explicate how he came upwardly with his incredibly unique sense of sense of humour and perspective on life. He explains how he grew upward "bone-numbingly nerdy before at that place was even a modicum of cool fastened to the word." The Bassoon King chronicles his journey from nerd to drama geek ("the highest rung on the vast, pimply ladder of high schoolhouse losers"), his years of mild debauchery and struggles equally a young histrion in New York, his many adventures and insights about The Office, and finally, Wilson's achievement of success and satisfaction, both in his career and spiritually, reconnecting with the artistic and artistic values of the Bahá'í organized religion he grew up in.

Praise For The Bassoon King: Fine art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room…

"Quirky, witty, literate."
—TheWashington Mail

"Rainn Wilson's memoir captures the essence of his offbeat sense of humour."
—Chicago Sun-Times"Wilson defies the typical tropes of celebrity memoir. At points, TheBassoon Rex's episodes read with the comparably startling, surreal and yet downright endearing outrageousness of an Augusten Burroughs or even David Sedaris essay. . . . Wilson's memoir details what it's similar for a regular human, a relatable human, a nerd to become famous afterwards climbing the proverbial ladder of professional interim (whilst keeping your humanity and your grounded perspective intact)."
—Paste Magazine, a height x book of Nov

"Filled with genuinely fascinating stories about his unusual upbringing, his entrée into the comedy world, and his thoughtfully developed views on life, Wilson'south book is an unsurprisingly funny and surprisingly poignant entry in the cavalcade of celebrity memoirs."
—BookPage"A jiff of fresh air in a genre desperately gasping for some. . . . A securely personal recollection of Wilson'south journey from bassoon player to Emmy-nominated beet farmer. . . . Information technology's outlandish and unexpected, merely information technology reads real."
—Phoenix New Times

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Y'all know Rainn Wilson as Dwight from NBC'southward The Office, but I'one thousand not sure many are fully prepared for how outrageous and often endearing his life story tin can exist, captured in the pages of The Bassoon King."
—TheOakland Printing

"Wilson's hilarious book is a brisk, delightful read for his devoted fans."
—American Way

"The Office star brings a value-added approach to his new book The Bassoon King: It'due south a coming-of-age storyanda showbiz memoirand a funny read. Wilson besides brings a values-added approach: The Bassoon Male monarch is a gentle introduction to the Bahá'i Faith, which Wilson re-embraced as an adult, afterwards wrestling with both drugs and the question of meaning in his life."
—Milwaukee Journal Watch
"Wilson's story is engaging. . . . Readers volition relish his experiences as Dwight Schrute (who contributes the volume'south foreword) in The Office—snagging the part, the show'due south debut, the actors and writers, and backside-the-scenes reminiscences."
—Publishers Weekly"[Wilson] shares the ups and downs of his journey to fame in this funny and frank memoir . . . of item involvement to aspiring actors and other artistic types, too as the many fans of the long-running NBC comedy."
—Booklist

"Certainly for fans ofThe Function, simply the amiable actor also offers thoughtful glimpses into the realities of the Boob tube and picture show industry and an impassioned rationale for living an openly spiritual life."
—Kirkus Reviews

Dutton, 9780451469434, 336pp.

Publication Engagement: Nov 29, 2016

About the Author

RAINN WILSON is best known for his Emmy-nominated role equally Dwight Schrute on NBC's The Office, though today he'southward equally well-known for his millions of Twitter followers and the philosophy website he founded, SoulPancake, which launched a New York Times bestselling book of the same name.