âAn extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A remarkable book that will be of great value to people who feel isolated, alienated and overwhelmed by the circumstances of their lives.ââHubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn
â[Stahl] is a better-than-Burroughs virtuoso.ââThomas Mallon, The New Yorker
âOriginal, appalling, indelible picture of a man trying to swim and drown at the same time. Stahl has nerve, heart, a language of his own and a ghastly, riotous humor.ââTobias Wolff, author of This Boyâs Life
âPermanent Midnight is one of the most harrowing and toughest accounts ever written in this century about what it means to be a junkie in America, making Burroughs look dated and Kerouac appear as the nose-thumbing adolescent he was.ââBooklist
A searing confessional infused with the darkest humor, Permanent Midnight chronicles the opiated abyss of a Hollywood screenwriter and his formidable climb into sobriety.
Made into a major motion picture starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, Permanent Midnight is revered by critics and an ever-growing cult of devoted readers as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.
Jerry Stahl was born in Pittsburgh. He is author of the novels Perv: A Love Story, Plainclothes Naked and I, Fatty, the paperback edition of which will appear in 2005. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
In the style and tradition of Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, a prominent television writer (thirtysomething, Moonlighting, Twin Peaks) and journalist relates the story of his descent into hell as a heroin addict, and then back out into fatherhood and salvation.
Categories:
- Self-Help
Publisher : Process
Author : Stahl, Jerry
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2005-06-01
Number Of Pages : 380
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0976082209
ISBN-13 : 9780976082200
Item weight : 1.05 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 5.5 in x 8.4 in
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