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List Price: $15.00 | | Publisher: Anchor
Salesrank: 156829
Released: October 16, 1992 |
| Our Price: $8.93 |
| Used Price: $1.85 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
An uproarious and lacerating meditation on life--and death--by a celebrated new voice on the comedy scene. Leary employs his ferocious wit and sharp intellect to confront society and its ills and forces us to face the issues we are all most afraid of. "Absolutely brilliant . . . the real cutting edge of American comedy."--The Boston Globe.
Description of No Cure for Cancer:
Leary manages to be harsh and hilarious about foibles and situations, stupidity and hypocrisy. No Cure for Cancer is the written version of a series of monologues he wrote while in the United Kingdom. Perhaps the most memorable aspects of the book are the speculation about a story drawn from a supermarket checkout newspaper about a man who lost his penis in an industrial accident; Leary's childhood experience of being shot in the head by his brother with an arrow; and his rants about drugs, the psychoses of New York, and the kind of childhood no one would willingly claim is normal for America, but probably (and frighteningly) is!
No Cure for Cancer Reviews:
great seller 
2009-07-11 - i would definately buy from this seller again. Book in good condition as described.
loved it 
2009-01-06 - I purchased Denis Leary's "No Cure for Cancer" as a gift for my son and couldn't resist reading a little before wrapping...it is just hysterical! He is witty, sarcastic, and spot on with his humor. If you like Denis Leary, you will love this book.
"Anybody got some apirin? I think I've got a cold." 
2006-03-26 - Sardonic. That word came to mind when I arrived at this page and simultaneously thought of Denis Leary. You knew he was sardonic though, already, didn't you? Then he's probably much less of an actor, considering his persona on film/stage and off leaves no room for wonderment. But he is consistent.
No Cure for Cancer is an extended rant, travelling through the general touchstones of Drugs, Drink, More Drugs, Smoke, Meat, War, Life and Death. Throw in a hefty dose of 1st generation Irishness, some common sense, and a fashionably regretfull 1970's existence and you've got a good read. In particular, the Introduction and the passage about his father stand out. Entertaining, occasionally laugh-out-loud inducing, and consistent with his character in film and on his TV shows.
Dennis Leary strikes another blow ...
2006-01-18 - Thank you Dennis for giving all those hope who are a little light on the talent side, but who own a leather jacket, let their hair down in their face and a possess a disproportionate affinity for their own jokes. They CAN make it in the biz. A 21st-century Paul Lynde, Dennis knows how to go for the jugular and doesn't take any prisoners. Don't let appearances fool you, he's tough -- even though he has arms like Lindsay Lohan. And for those of you who are always comparing his face to Keith Richards, I call sour grapes! I didn't laugh at this book, but I don't think that was the intention.
Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer
2005-07-20 - Excellent - easy read; short, light and hilarious.
Leary recalls his days of drug use, whilst also taking a swipe at all the do-gooders and whingers in society.
Never holds back
