Controversial comedian Artie Lange is back with his shamelessly entertaining third memoir, Wanna Bet?: A Degenerate Gambler's Guide to Living on the Edge (St. Martin's Press; July 17, 2018). Lange surprised and delighted his fans when his memoir Too Fat to Fish became a #1 bestseller. Next, his bestselling follow up book Crash and Burn documented his recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol. Artie was back.
In his hilarious third book, the New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, and radio icon explains the philosophy that has kept his existence boredom-free since the age of 13. An avid sports better and card player, Lange believes that the best gambler's high is achieved when the stakes aren't monetary. In this candid and entertaining memoir, he looks back at the times he bet with the intangible and priceless things in life: his health, his career, and his relationships.
In WANNA BET?, Lange shows readers the man who takes as much pleasure from betting on a coin toss as he does putting tens of thousands of dollars on obscure college basketball games with fellow problem gamblers like Norm McDonald. It's a subculture where bookies, mobsters, athletes, and celebrities ride the roller coaster of wins and losses, never content with a big win, never discouraged by a devastating loss. Improbably, Artie has come out ahead, though he imagines his life if that weren't the case. Unrepentant and unrestrained, the book is Lange at his finest.
With his customary self-deprecating wit and sometimes brutal insight, Artie Lange revels in what may be his last bad habit in this hilarious memoir.