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Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir

Name: Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir
Brand: Back Bay Books
SKU: 9780316054669
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Contributors:

Bill Clegg

Publisher:

Back Bay Books

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, Self-Help

Book Subcategory:

Personal Memoirs, Substance Abuse & Addictions, Survival

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Release Date:

2011-08-08

ISBN 13:

9780316054669

Weight:

0.5 lbs

Size:

8.22 x 5.60 x 0.70 inches

Pages:

256

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Bill Clegg had a thriving business as a literary agent, a supportive partner, trusting colleagues, and loving friends when he walked away from his world and embarked on a two-month crack binge. He had been released from rehab nine months earlier, and his relapse would cost him his home, his money, his career, and very nearly his life.

What is it that leads an exceptional young mind want to disappear? Clegg makes stunningly clear the attraction of the drug that had him in its thrall, capturing in scene after scene the drama, tension, and paranoiac nightmare of a secret life -- and the exhilarating bliss that came again and again until it was eclipsed almost entirely by doom. He also explores the shape of addiction, how its pattern -- not its cause -- can be traced to the past.

Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man is an utterly compelling narrative -- lyrical, irresistible, harsh, honest, and beautifully written -- from which you simply cannot look away.

About the Author
Bill Clegg is a literary agent in New York. He is the author of Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days.

Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir

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