Joe Giambrone: 3 books

Set on the stages of seedy comedy clubs, Charleston Cranston and Gary Giordano are on the cusp of comedic greatness: broke, wasted, and floundering through life. As Charleston turns 30, he faces an existential crisis. His comedy career slipping down the gutter, he considers leaving the life. That...

Al Smith built a Hollywood movie empire, but Al’s also reached the end of his lifespan. Fortunately, Al is visited by one very eager pharmaceutical salesman, a young man peddling a “Fountain of Youth” nano-tech drug. In exchange for this experimental medicine, Al agrees to the pharmaceutical...

Wrecking Balls recounts the legendary feud between stand-up comedians Charleston Cranston and Gary Giordano. Their controversy made headlines when an accusation of joke theft reverberated throughout the comedy community and eventually escalated to violence.