“Martin Knelman probes deeper to find the real John Candy, a much more ambivalent figure… he’s rescued him from the sanctimonious prison of his image. We can laugh now.â€Mark Breslin/Toronto Star Penguin Canada Oct/96St. Martin’s Press (U.S.) Oct/97 LAUGHING ONTHE OUTSIDEThe Life Of John Candy John Candy — the actor and comedian who died of…

Penguin CAN/99 THE JOKER IS WILDThe Life of Jim Carrey In 1976, at a Toronto comedy club, a nerdy 14-year-old from the outskirts of the city turned up to make his debut on amateur night, encouraged by a doting father, himself a frustrated performer. Doing a bad Jimmy Stewart impression, he drew hoots of derision…

“If Mike Myers ever becomes a Jeopardy! category, this book will win you the big bucks! In fact, author Martin Knelman scores a true daily double with this in-depth, no-holds-barred look into the darker side of Canada’s latest comic enfant terrible.”The Globe and Mail Martin Knelman, a prominent, award-winning Toronto journalist, is the author of…