The Bassoon King
My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
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Rainn Wilson
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Rainn Wilson
About this listen
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 of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a best-selling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I'm not on Facebook” is the new “I don't even own a TV”) that now has more than four million followers.
Now, he's ready to tell his own story and explain how he came up with his incredibly unique sense of humor and perspective on life. He explains how he grew up “bone-numbingly nerdy before there was even a modicum of cool attached to the word”. The Bassoon King chronicles his journey from nerd to drama geek (“the highest rung on the vast, pimply ladder of high school losers”), his years of mild debauchery and struggles as a young actor in New York, his many adventures and insights about The Office, and finally, Wilson's achievement of success and satisfaction, both in his career and spiritually, reconnecting with the artistic and creative values of the Bahá’í faith he grew up in.
©2015 Rainn Wilson (P)2015 Penguin AudioCritic Reviews
"Rainn Wilson narrates his own story with such perfection that the only disappointment is the fact that it ends. The memoir is smart, inspirational, and funny, so the addition of Wilson's performance adds delectable icing to a tasty cake." (AudioFile)
"Quirky, witty, literate." (Washington Post)
"Rainn Wilson's memoir captures essence of his offbeat humor." (Chicago Sun-Times)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- anshul kumar rai
- 14-06-19
Interesting peek inside the man behind Dwight!
I am a huge 'The Office' fan and I love the character of Dwight Schrute played by Rainn Wilson. So when I found this audio book where Rainn Wilson narrates his own life, I purchased it instantly!
If you are not into 'The Office' or not a follower of the 'Soulpancake', it is highly unlikely the that you would like to know about Rainn Wilson.
Rainn knows that many people will pick this book because of his Dwight character, and he makes sure that his book is filled with Dwight references. In fact he has completely dedicated couple of chapters to 'The Office', which I thoroughly enjoyed.
He did live a very interesting life, and he has narrated it well. Besides his struggles to become an actor, this book deals with spirituality in great length. Right from the first line to the last line of the book, Rainn takes you on a spiritual quest; often dealing with the dreaded question 'what really matters in life'. I was a bit apprehensive of 'almost' advertisement of his faith, Bahai religion, in some portions of the book. But to be fair, Rainn made it clear in the first page itself that he is devoted to his religion and it will be covered in good portion of the book. Also, Rainn is clearly well read about all the major religions of the world, so that adds to his credibility.
I was more interested in knowing about Rainn Wilson, the actor; and he does not disappoint. Pages are filled with his interesting episodes of his acting life, his approach to acting, his dedication to the art.
One thing that may put off some of the listeners of this book(with no actual fault of the book or the narrator/author), is the tons and tons of reference to American pop culture. A non american person , like me, who is totally unaware of the American cultural scene in the 70s, 80s and the 90s will find himself/herself lost at multiple times listening this book. Again, not a fault of the book. One other thing that may bother a bit is some odd back and forth timeline jumps in the story.
Overall, this book is definitely worth listening if you are aware of Rainn's works and want to know more about his life. If your are not aware of his work, you may still find this book interesting if you want to listen something related to an actor's life and some great thoughts of spirituality in the modern world.
My review might sound like this book is serious or boring, but believe me, it is anything but boring. Rainn had a not so ordinary life, and he narrates the same in his captivating and entertaining voice!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Dragoon Rushier
- 03-05-20
fabulous performance
a humble and masterful memoir by the surprisingly erudite and spiritual TV star Dwight Schrute
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