Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
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Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg
What makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack-addiction: a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and - very nearly - his life? In his utterly compulsive narrative, Bill Clegg leads us through the grimiest back-rooms of Manhattan's underbelly, through scenes of blank-eyed sex and squalor, into the febrile paranoia of a mind gone out of control.
Beautifully measured and adroitly paced.. mixing a matter-of-fact eye for detail with just enough emotion to unsettle and engross ... Addictive and masterful -- Julian Hall * The Independent *
A gripping, graphic memoir that pounds relentlessly to its climax * The Times *
It has the power and precision of the best contemporary fiction. It does what the best writing always does, which is to make Clegg's experience part of your own -- Andrew O'Hagan
It's a remarkable achievement when a writer can evoke the most desperate episodes of addiction with the unflinching honesty required to make such a memoir worth reading, yet somehow manage to completely transcend sleaze, sordidness and vapid self-justification. Bill Clegg's story of a man - largely locked in hotel rooms, engaged in a desperate, heart-wrenching battle with himself - is destined to become a cult classic of writing on drug addiction -- Irvine Welsh
Beautifully written and elegantly frank... lyrical, funny and shattering -- A.L.Kennedy
A gripping, graphic memoir that pounds relentlessly to its climax * The Times *
It has the power and precision of the best contemporary fiction. It does what the best writing always does, which is to make Clegg's experience part of your own -- Andrew O'Hagan
It's a remarkable achievement when a writer can evoke the most desperate episodes of addiction with the unflinching honesty required to make such a memoir worth reading, yet somehow manage to completely transcend sleaze, sordidness and vapid self-justification. Bill Clegg's story of a man - largely locked in hotel rooms, engaged in a desperate, heart-wrenching battle with himself - is destined to become a cult classic of writing on drug addiction -- Irvine Welsh
Beautifully written and elegantly frank... lyrical, funny and shattering -- A.L.Kennedy
Bill Clegg is a literary agent in New York. He is also the author of Ninety Days. He lives in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099539827 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099539829 |
| Title | Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man |
| Author | Bill Clegg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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