David letterman son

“I devoured this book. Not only a rare and richly detailed account of the life of one of my comedy heroes, but I loved that you can feel Zinoman’s curiosity about, and admiration for, Dave’s singular sensibility on every page.” — Billy Eichner

“[Zinoman] writes…with great knowledge, high standards, and deep empathy. This is not only a revealing portrait of one of comedy’s most challenging and enigmatic figures but an acute and insightful look at how...the mind of one restless, uncomfortable, elusive man can transform both comedy and late-night television.” — Mark Harris, author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came Back

“[Zinoman]...turns his rare combination of show-leather reporting, lively storytelling, and interpretive brilliance to an epochal moment in American entertainment, and, of course, to the giant, gloriously complicated, quintessentially American celebrity at its center: a man we know both intimately and not at all–at least until now.” — Brett Martin, author of Difficult Men

“Of all the performers who have put their imprints on late-night television, David Lett

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