With this book comes a warning: “Don’t read if extremely normal.”

But if you are one of those people who watch, say, “The Jerry Springer Show” and will own up to it (hey — I’m first to confess), then kick back and enjoy.

“Dirty Jokes and Beer,” Drew Carey’s first autobiographical book, is basically one long fun and wacky story.

It is jam-packed with tales on just about every subject imaginable. Politics, militant feminism, Las Vegas, and Mardi Gras are all covered briefly and then packaged neatly in a sometimes shocking book tailored to make you laugh outloud.

Perhaps the biggest draw of this particular biography is its everyday guy appeal. Everyone likes a dirty joke or a storyline involving beer every now and again.

If you enjoy Carey’s television show, then you will appreciate the spicy side of Carey.

But beware. The Carey presented in this book is not always the nerdy sitcom star you are used to.

Carey takes a short detour from the laughter and tells of his troubled youth. He gives a painful account of his many suicide attempts, and being sexually abused at the age of nine.

He also describes the pain he went through when his father died. Carey was only eight years old at the time.

But despite the slightly depressing autobiographical tales, “Dirty Jokes and Beer” is still an extremely funny book.

It does wander slightly off the beaten path, but it enjoys every step of the way. Whether you are a fan of Carey’s or not, you will be one after this book.

I promise.

4 Stars out of five

Kelsey Foutch is a sophomore in journalism and mass communication from Waterloo