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Permanent Midnight

A Memoir (20th Anniversary Edition)

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Permanent Midnight

By: Jerry Stahl, Nic Sheff - foreword
Narrated by: Jerry Stahl, Scott Merriman
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“An extraordinary accomplishment.... A remarkable book that will be of great value to people who feel isolated, alienated and overwhelmed by the circumstances of their lives.” --Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn

“[Stahl] is a better-than-Burroughs virtuoso.” --Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker

“Original, appalling, indelible picture of a man trying to swim and drown at the same time. Stahl has nerve, heart, a language of his own and a ghastly, riotous humor.” --Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy’s Life

“Permanent Midnight is one of the most harrowing and toughest accounts ever written in this century about what it means to be a junkie in America, making Burroughs look dated and Kerouac appear as the nose-thumbing adolescent he was.” --Booklist

A searing confessional infused with the darkest humor, Permanent Midnight chronicles the opiated abyss of a Hollywood screenwriter and his formidable climb into sobriety.

Made into a major motion picture starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, Permanent Midnight is revered by critics and an ever-growing cult of devoted fans as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.

©2015 by Jerry Stahl (P)2015 by Rare Bird Books, all rights reserved. Music © 2015 by Joe Cardamone. Addiction & Recovery Art & Literature Authors Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Memoir Substance abuse Comedy Heartfelt Witty

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Absolutely awful idea to put music in the background however Jerry Stahl is a great writer who's talent is not drowned out.

Great Book

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There is music playing the whole time in the background that makes it impossible to focus on what the narrator is saying. This is a shame because it seems like an interesting listen

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I've listened to a lot of audiobooks now and never heard any with a background track and to be honest I don't know if I'll be able to finish the book..... It's doing my head in!!!

Music in the background driving me mad!!!

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