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The Essential Lenny Bruce

by · 1967

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s/t: His original unexpurgated satirical routines

Collected routines of standup comedian Lenny Bruce. The first 9 chapters of this book were published in 1972 as The Essential Lenny Bruce I.

Subject
biographypolitics
Genre
humorsatire
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 269 pages
Form
essays

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