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In Between The Pages with Doug Hess And Author Bruce Wagner

Published: June 2, 2023, 4:14 a.m.

b'Doug Hess is the guest host this week! Bruce Wagner with his latest book Roar: Roger Orr: American Master, the Oral Biography
The myth of an epic, public life\\u2014its triumphs and tragedies\\u2014is 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\\u2014\\u201cRoar\\u201d\\u2014became an underground stand-up comedian with a cult following while still in his teens, segueing to an acclaimed songwriter in the Sixties.'