{"product_id":"los-angeles-diaries-book-james-brown-9781582437200","title":"The Los Angeles Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man overcomes the trappings of his family's history of suicide and addiction in this grimly exquisite memoir that reads like a noir novel (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Book of the Year).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One of the toughest memoirs I've ever read, at once spare and startlingly, admirably unsparing. It glows with a dark luminescence. James Brown is a fine, fine writer. --Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Plagued by the suicides of both his siblings, and heir to alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and economic ruin, James Brown lived a life clouded by despair. In \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, he reveals his struggle for survival, mining his past to present the inspiring story of his redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Beautifully written and filled with dark humor, these twelve deeply confessional, interconnected chapters address personal failure, heartbreak, the trials of writing for Hollywood, and the life-shattering events that finally convinced Brown that he must change or die. Harrowing and brutally honest, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e is the chronicle of a man who ultimately finds the strength and courage to conquer his demons and believe once more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A] gemlike collection. --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Books of the Year)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Profound . . . unsparing and clear-eyed, a heartbreaking story, and yet oddly inspirational. --Janet Fitch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A darkly bright, hugely compassionate, and oddly redemptive story of loss and failure, guilt and addiction. --\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  An] unpretentious, very profound book. --Carolyn See, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A grimly exquisite memoir that reads like a noir novel but grips unrelentingly like the hand of a homeless drunk begging for help. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Book of the Year)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50133669282065,"sku":"CIN1582437203G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50405819285777,"sku":"CIN1582437203VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52752624517393,"sku":"NIN9781582437200","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1582437203.jpg?v=1751309730","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/los-angeles-diaries-book-james-brown-9781582437200","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}