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From the comedian, actor, and former host of "The Late Late Show," Craig Ferguson comes an irreverent, lyrical memoir in essays featuring his signature wit. In "Riding the Elephant," Ferguson discusses his deep love for his native Scotland, examines his profound psychic change brought on by fatherhood, and looks at aging and mortality with a perspective that he was incapable of as a younger man. Each story is strung together in a colorful tapestry that ultimately reveals a complicated man who has learned to process—and even enjoy—the unusual trajectory of his life.