Entrances and Exits

Michael Richards, who played Kramer on Seinfeld, has written a book about the irrational and senseless spirit that breaks the world into pieces, reflecting on the difficulties that intrude upon us all. It is a hymn to the absurd, the pratfall we all take, and the unavoidable mistake we didn't expect.

Format: Hardback
Length: 440 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Permuted Press

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved television characters ever invented, Kramer, shares the extraordinary life of a comedy genius—the way he came into himself as an artist, the ups and downs as a human being, the road he has traveled in search of understanding. "The hair, so essential, symbolizes the irrational that was and is and always will be the underlying feature not only of Kramer but of comedy itself. This seemingly senseless spirit has been coursing through me since childhood. I've been under its almighty influence since the day I came into this world. I felt it all within myself, especially the physical comedy, the body movements, so freakish and undignified, where I bumped into things, knocked stuff down, messed up situations, and often ended up on my ass. "This book is a hymn to the irrational, the senseless spirit that breaks the whole into pieces, a reflection on the seemingly absurd difficulties that intrude upon us all. It's Harpo Marx turning us about, shaking up my plans, throwing me for a loop. Upset and turmoil is with us all the time. It's at the basis of comedy. It's the pratfall we all take. It's the unavoidable mistake we didn't expect. It's everywhere I go. It's in the way that I am, both light and dark, good and not-so-good. It's my life." —Michael Richards, from Entrances and Exits

Weight: 712g
Dimension: 163 x 236 x 40 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781637589137