PublishedDutton, March 2016 |
ISBN9780525954538 |
FormatHardcover, 306 pages |
Dimensions23.6cm × 16cm |
Rainn Wilson's Memoir about growing up 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 fell in love with Dwight on The Office, and as he became known for memorable film roles (Juno, Super, The Rocker) and an outrageous Twitter feed, they grew to love the man who played him even more.
Rainn founded a successful website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a bestselling book of the same name. Now, Rainn is ready to tell his own story and explain his unique sense of humor and perspective on life. The Bassoon King chronicles his journey from chess and sci-fi nerd to drama geek (the highest rung on the vast, pimply ladder of high school losers), his coming-of-age and struggle as a young actor in New York; his many adventures and insights about The Office; and finally, Rainn's achievement of success and satisfaction, both artistically and spiritually, reconnecting with the value of the faith he grew up in. 'I was bone-numbingly nerdy before there was even a modicum of cool attached to that now overappropriated, worn-out word. In the early eighties, being a nerd meant you were reviled . . . There were no nerd CEOs or TV hosts or rock stars or actors or billionaires . . . There were only the unwashed, cerebral misfits who slipped quietly into the side doors of the school and skirted along the lockers, trying to avoid any sudden move or eye contact that would result in a beatdown from a jock, stoner, or popular kid. It was life literally living inside a John Hughes movie.' From The Bassoon King
