The L.A. Diaries by James Brown
The honest, raw, emotional memoir of a top Hollywood screenwriter coping with addiction
‘Clear-eyed, unsentimental, necessarily self-indulgentIt invites comparison with Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life and James Ellroy's various fictionalised essays on his mother's murder' * Observer *
‘Uplifting, and life-affirming, even rather beautiful ... A darkly bright, hugely compassionate, and oddly redemptive story of loss and failure, guilt and addiction' * Independent on Sunday *
‘You will never read a more incisive account of addiction' * Glasgow Herald *
‘Unflinchingly honest, beautifully written and utterly heartbreaking, The L.A. Diaries is a haunting and powerful tale of love and loss' * Ink *
‘Uplifting, and life-affirming, even rather beautiful ... A darkly bright, hugely compassionate, and oddly redemptive story of loss and failure, guilt and addiction' * Independent on Sunday *
‘You will never read a more incisive account of addiction' * Glasgow Herald *
‘Unflinchingly honest, beautifully written and utterly heartbreaking, The L.A. Diaries is a haunting and powerful tale of love and loss' * Ink *
James Brown is the author of the novels Lucky Town, Final Performance, Hot Wire and The Second Story Theatre and Two Encores. He has received numerous fellowships and awards including the Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, and is a staff member of the Squaw Valley Writers Conference. He lives in Lake Arrowhead, CA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747574668 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747574669 |
| Title | The L.A. Diaries |
| Author | James Brown |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2005-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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