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Rainn Wilson’s memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life. For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone’s favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I’m not on Facebook” is the new “I don’t even own a TV”) that now has more than four million followers. Now, he’s ready to tell his own story and explain how he came up with his incredibly unique sense of humor and perspective on life. He explains how he grew up “bone-numbingly nerdy before there was even a word for it,” exploring his Baha’i faith, his tumultuous upbringing between his hippie parents’ home in Seattle and his uncle’s pig farm in Nicaragua, and his long, winding road to Hollywood and The Office. Equal parts memoir, spiritual guide, and comedic tour de force, The Bassoon King is an unconventional journey through a most unconventional life.