As the subtitle proclaims, this is “Not a Memoir.” What it is, exactly, is harder to pin down. Purporting to be a book written by comedian Norm Macdonald to pay off his gambling debts, it centers on a comedian named Norm Macdonald trying to pay off his gambling debts. At times, Based on a True Story approaches the truth of it’s subject’s life, but never for long. Like its author, the book’s version of Norm was born in Canada, went into stand-up, got on SNL […]