{"product_id":"permanent-midnight-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Permanent Midnight: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Stahl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eLast Exit to Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Stahl] is a better-than-Burroughs virtuoso.\"--Thomas Mallon, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eThis Boy's Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePermanent Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA searing confessional infused with the darkest humor, \u003ci\u003ePermanent Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the opiated abyss of a Hollywood screenwriter and his formidable climb into sobriety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade into a major motion picture starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, \u003ci\u003ePermanent Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is revered by critics and an ever-growing cult of devoted readers as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerry Stahl\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Pittsburgh. He is author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePerv: A Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlainclothes Naked\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI, Fatty\u003c\/i\u003e, the paperback edition of which will appear in 2005. He currently lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Stahl was born in Pittsburgh. He is author of the novels, I, Fatty, Perv: A Love Story, and Plainclothes, Naked. He currently lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772816130336,"sku":"9780976082200","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6d9d134b6b8fac9c50e00e1f7d288c5f.webp?v=1780414980","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/permanent-midnight-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}