A Drinking Life

A Drinking Life
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Publisher : Back Bay Books
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9780316054539
ISBN-13 : 0316054534
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Book Synopsis A Drinking Life by : Pete Hamill

Download or read book A Drinking Life written by Pete Hamill and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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). !--StartFragment-- 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. !--EndFragment--"Magnificent. A Drinking Life is about growing up and growing old, working and trying to work, within the culture of drink." --Boston Globe


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