A Drinking Life: A Memoir - Paperback
by Pete Hamill
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Back Bay BooksISBN-13:9780316341028ISBN-10:316341029UPC:9780316341028Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal MemoirsSize:8.27 x 5.56 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SC5H27P4DW
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
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
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Back Bay BooksISBN-13:9780316341028ISBN-10:316341029UPC:9780316341028Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal MemoirsSize:8.27 x 5.56 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SC5H27P4DW
Pete 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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