I, Fatty

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I, Fatty
Author Jerry Stahl
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Biographical, Novel
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date 2004
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 256 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 1-58234-247-4 (first edition, hardback)
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I, Fatty is a novel by American writer Jerry Stahl published in 2004. The book is a fictionalized autobiography of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, the famous silent film comedian, and probes his early life in vaudeville, his rise to fame in the movies, and his crash into infamy following a false murder accusation (and three trials and eventual acquital).