A cross between David Sedaris and Neil Simon, Michael discovers his unlikeliest moments of growth: he fakes his way onto a college-football team to experience a moment of grace; gets caught lying during a Hollywood power meeting; takes advantage of the pandemic lockdown to repair his relationship with his daughters, breaks up with a woman because she canтАЩt stop saying тАЬjust kidding.тАЭ
Audaciously funny yet achingly poignant,┬аA Paper Orchestra┬аwill have you rethinking the smallest, almost forgotten moments of your life.
Named Vulture's "Best Comedy Books of 2024"
As a professional television writer-showrunner, Michael Jamin has made a career of writing what studios pay him to write. But the idea of creating something just for fun тАж that hadnтАЩt occurred to him in 27 years. A Paper Orchestra was conceived to rediscover the joy of writing without expectation. In the process, Michael found something even more importantтАФhimself. He tours with A Paper Orchestra as a one-man show.