Millionaire Junkie by Jason Peter
Blighted by a neck injury at a young age, sports superstar Jason Peter was forced to retire prematurely. In just a few short years, Peter's brilliant career was in ruins as he found himself consumed by painkillers, then crack and finally heroin. His addiction transformed him from a pumped-up athletic gladiator to a small, wispish shell of his former self. In Millionaire Junkie, Peter tells of the lost days and nights spent prowling the streets of Manhattan, flying cross-country with high-class call girls and doing piles of heroin and cocaine. It is a visceral, ragged-edged story of true glory, self-destruction, addiction and, finally, redemption.
An unflinching look at the dark side of a life devoted to pleasure. . the book's power lies in his honesty in detailing the depths of his despair from seeking the next high * Publishers Weekly *
A portrait of a red-blooded jock as monster dope fiend . . . had Hunter Thompson been a football player instead of a fan, this is the book he'd have written -- Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight and I, Fatty
A bleak if compelling read, but has a genuinely uplifting ending * Maxim *
Peter's cautionary tale of success, stardom and the pressures of fame transcends continents and sport . . . stark and honest, it paints a bleak picture of drug addiction but offers salvation in the way he finally turned his life around * News of the World *
A portrait of a red-blooded jock as monster dope fiend . . . had Hunter Thompson been a football player instead of a fan, this is the book he'd have written -- Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight and I, Fatty
A bleak if compelling read, but has a genuinely uplifting ending * Maxim *
Peter's cautionary tale of success, stardom and the pressures of fame transcends continents and sport . . . stark and honest, it paints a bleak picture of drug addiction but offers salvation in the way he finally turned his life around * News of the World *
Jason Peter was an NFL first-round draft pick by the Carolina Panthers, where he played for five years. He is now married and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he co-hosts a radio programme for ESPN.
Tony O'Neill is a poet and novelist, whose books include Digging the Vein and Songs from the Shooting Gallery. He lives in New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781845964030 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845964039 |
| Title | Millionaire Junkie |
| Author | Jason Peter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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