A review by dantastic
Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events by Brent Spiner

4.0

I got this for my wife for her birthday in 2021. She recently started listening to the audio book in the car so I figure I'd better read it before she spoils all the good bits.

This is a darkly humorous mystery starring Brent Spiner as himself. Spine gets a severed pig penis in the mail from a deranged stalker fan and things spiral from there. Spiner has a dark, self-deprecating sense of humor so it's a very hard book to put down once you get into it.

The mystery itself isn't quite solveable but it's a mystery starring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1991 so the mystery isn't the main attraction anyway. I have to wonder which bits of the book are autobiographical, though. Spiner's relationship with his abusive stepfather and early acting days in New York seem a little too real to be made up.

I had a lot of fun reading Fan Fiction and I'd read another book featuring Brent Spiner as himself. Four out of five stars.