The Real Frank Zappa Book
# The Real Frank Zappa Book

The Real Frank Zappa Book is an autobiography/memoir by Frank Zappa, co-written by Peter Occhiogrosso, and published by Poseidon Press. The text is copyright 1989 Frank Zappa, and copyright 1990 Simon & Schuster, Inc. Since 1999, the book has been published in paperback by Touchstone Books.

## Contents

The Real Frank Zappa Book has 19 chapters:

* INTRODUCTION Book? What book?
* How Weird Am I, Anyway?
* There Goes the Neighborhood
* An Alternative to College
* Are We Having a Good Time Yet?
* The Log Cabin
* Send In the Clowns
* Drool, Britannia
* All About Music
* A Chapter for My Dad
* The One You've Been Waiting For
* Sticks & Stones
* America Drinks and Goes Marching
* All About Schmucks
* Marriage (as a Dada Concept)
* "Porn Wars"
* Church and State
* Practical Conservatism
* Failure
* The Last Word

## Reviews

Vanity Fair wrote of the book, "An autobiography of mostly hilarious stories...fireside war tales from the big bad days of the rockin' sixties...primer of the sonic avant-garde, the book bashes favorite Zappa targets and dashes a few myths about the man."

The New York Post said, "This book belongs in every home".

