A Drinking Life - A Memoir (Hardcover, 1st Back Bay Ed)

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

General

Imprint:	Little, Brown
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Pete Hamill
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
Edition:	1st Back Bay Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-34108-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-316-34108-8
Barcode:	9780316341080

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