{"product_id":"permanent-midnight-a-memoir-9780976082200","title":"Permanent Midnight: A Memoir","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976082200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jerry Stahl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36646143492252,"sku":"9780976082200","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_abb44a4a-5896-4d31-919f-990e57bc2ce9.jpg?v=1603863239","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/permanent-midnight-a-memoir-9780976082200","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}