Jim Carrey Is Coming to Portland to Talk About His Weird New Novel

"Memoirs and Misinformation" is about a guy named Jim Carrey, but it appears to be more "misinformation" than "memoir."

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By Matthew Singer

Flubber-faced comic superstar turned #Resistance painter turned platitudinous commencement-speech-giver Jim Carrey is adding another credit to his résumé: novelist.

The 58-year-old star of Showtime's Kidding (and, uh, Sonic the Hedgehog) has written a book called Memoirs and Misinformation. It's about, well, a guy named Jim Carrey, but it appears to be more "misinformation" than "memoir." It's probably best to just let his publisher, Knopf, explain:

The book, co-authored by journalist Dana Vachon, arrives on May 5, and both Carrey and Vachon are going on the road to promote it, with the tour hitting Keller Auditorium on May 18.

What will a Jim Carrey book tour look like? Given his current public persona as a quasi-mystic motivational speaker, we wouldn't bet on him reading passages while bent over and pretending to literally talk out his ass, but y'never know.

Tickets for the Portland date go on sale March 3 and include a copy of the book.

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