A Drinking Life
Paperback or Softback 280 pages Apr 01, 1995
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This bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is "a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction" (New York Times). As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. In A Drinking Life, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker. "Magnificent. A Drinking Life is about growing up and growing old, working and trying to work, within the culture of drink." --Boston Globe
- Author:
- Pete Hamill
- Publisher:
- Back Bay Books
- Publication Date:
- Apr 01, 1995
- Number of pages:
- 280 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback or Softback
- ISBN-10:
- 0316341029
- ISBN-13:
- 9780316341028