Permanent Midnight by Jerry Stahl (9781721356119)

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&;An 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.&;&;Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn

&;[Stahl] is a better-than-Burroughs virtuoso.&;&;Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker

&;Original, 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.&;&;Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy&;s Life

&;Permanent 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.&;&;Booklist

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.

Music © 2015 by Joe Cardamone

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