Life Sentences (Paperback)

Paperback. Martin Mulls Life Sentences is a characteristically clever, deftly funny, and acutely heartfelt collection of stories from one of Americas most beloved and original comedians, actors, and artists.Mull introduces us to a perky real estate agent who becomes an ailing bachelors best friend; a father and son who battle over a phone and their newly discovered political difference; and an unlikely rockstar whose fall comes as quickly and unexpectedly as his rise to fame. A discontented art teacher and middling painter finds inspiration in the striking face of a petty criminal who sets him on the path to fleeting success. With a short time to live, and a lot of living to do, a health nut goes on a hedonistic tearhe eats, he drinks, he lives, but he cant escape his fate. Drawing from the well of his own wide-ranging experiences and from lifes most persistent contradictions, Mull has written a book that is at once clear-eyed and optimistic. Life Sentences is an homage to that part of ourselves that never stops asking questions, that part of ourselves that never grows old (even as we do). With his famously sharp wit and keen eye, Mull offers a portrait of the human spirit in its most vulnerable form. In a voice that is droll, compassionate, and unmistakably his own, Martin Mulls stories introduce us to a cast of complex characters whoin turnintroduce us to deeper, more honest versions of ourselves. This is literature that feels like talking to a close (and hilarious) friend. Its creative genius at its most intimate. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…