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Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories
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Plot Summary of Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories
"A personal look at the Barenaked Ladies. The book covers the background of each member's interest in music as well as how the member got involved with the band in chronological order. The book also describes inspiration, albums, successes and failures, tour games, producers, friends, family, and even Kevin Hearn's Battle with Cancer. There are 60+ photos of the band from various stages in life. Their story is told in a way to keep the reader laughing."
Shawn Vaillancourt, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Story of entertainer? - Singer/Dancer
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - musician
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - Canadian
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other people

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Canada
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Book makes you feel? - very happy
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - puns - eccentric personalities - slapstick - sarcastic/sardonic
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book
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