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Life's Work - A Memoir of Storytelling and Self-Destruction
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Life's Work - A Memoir of Storytelling and Self-Destruction
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'Illuminating . . . there is never a dull moment' The Times
'Marvellous . . . full of riches' New Statesman David Milch is the
critically acclaimed writer of the iconic TV series Deadwood and
NYPD Blue. As he descends into a dementia from which there's no
return, Life's Work is his urgent account of his increasingly
strange present and his often painful past. Betting on race horses
and stealing booze at eight years old, mentored by Robert Penn
Warren and excoriated by Richard Yates at twenty-one, Milch never
did anything by half. He got into Yale Law School only to be
expelled for shooting out streetlights. He paused his studies at
the Iowa Writers' Workshop to manufacture acid. And yet he went on
to create and write some of the most lauded television series of
all time, started a family and pursued sobriety – only to lose
his fortune betting on the horses, just as his drug-addicted
surgeon father had taught him. Like Milch's best screenwriting,
Life's Work explores how chance encounters, self-deception and luck
shape the people we become, and wrestles with what it means to have
felt and caused pain, even and especially to those we love, and how
you then keep living. A compelling masterclass on Milch's unique
creative process, this is a distinctive, revelatory memoir from one
of the great American writers, and quite possibly his final
dispatch to us all. _____ 'Funny, discursive, literate, druggy,
self-absorbed . . . You finish feeling you've really met someone'
The New York Times 'A searing, brutally honest memoir' The
Independent
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Imprint: |
Picador
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
David Milch
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Dimensions: |
197 x 130mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-500564-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-03-500564-6 |
Barcode: |
9781035005642 |
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