In Between The Pages with Doug Hess And Author Bruce Wagner

Doug Hess is the guest host this week! Bruce Wagner with his latest book Roar: Roger Orr: American Master, the Oral BiographyThe myth of an epic, public life—its triumphs and tragedies—is a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of such a life and attendant fame of an extraordinary, and completely made-up, man.Born in Nashville in 1940 and adopted by a wealthy San Francisco couple, Roger Orr—“Roar”—became an underground stand-up comedian with a cult following while still in his teens, segueing to an acclaimed songwriter in the Sixties.