9780316341080

A Drinking Life

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ISBN13: 9780316341080

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This 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

ISBN-13

9780316341080

ISBN-10

0316341088

Weight

1.30 Pounds

Dimensions

6.50 x 1.00 x 9.50 In

List Price

$26.00

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

280 pages

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published On

1994-01-19



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