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A Drinking Life: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316341028)
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xThis bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is "a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction" (New York Times).
As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory.
In A Drinking Life, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker. "Magnificent. A Drinking Life is about growing up and growing old, working and trying to work, within the culture of drink." --Boston Globe
Author: Pete Hamill
ISBN-10: 0316341029
ISBN-13: 9780316341028
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1995
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.56w x 0.76d
As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory.
In A Drinking Life, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker. "Magnificent. A Drinking Life is about growing up and growing old, working and trying to work, within the culture of drink." --Boston Globe
Author: Pete Hamill
ISBN-10: 0316341029
ISBN-13: 9780316341028
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1995
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.56w x 0.76d
By Pete Hamill
xPete Hamill (1935-2020) was a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He was the author of twenty-two books, including the bestselling novels Tabloid City, North River, Forever, and Snow in August, and the bestselling memoir A Drinking Life.
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