The Night of the Gun
By David Carr
- Release Date: 2008-08-05
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Description
From David Carr (1956–2015), the “undeniably brilliant and dogged journalist” (Entertainment Weekly) and author of the instant New York Times bestseller that the Chicago Sun-Times called “a compelling tale of drug abuse, despair, and, finally, hope.”
Do we remember only the stories we can live with? The ones that make us look good in the rearview mirror? In The Night of the Gun, David Carr redefines memoir with the revelatory story of his years as an addict and chronicles his journey from crack-house regular to regular columnist for The New York Times. Built on sixty videotaped interviews, legal and medical records, and three years of reporting, The Night of the Gun is a ferocious tale that uses the tools of journalism to fact-check the past. Carr’s investigation of his own history reveals that his odyssey through addiction, recovery, cancer, and life as a single parent was far more harrowing—and, in the end, more miraculous—than he allowed himself to remember.
Fierce, gritty, and remarkable, The Night of the Gun is “an odyssey you’ll find hard to forget” (People).
Reviews
we lost a good one
5By terrible in Phoenix" it's been a long and glorious ride , anchored by two people who shook hands on the future the day they met ...." RIP D. CarrFascinating read
5By SoonerRyan2000For a book about man I had never heard of before this, I came away feeling like I really know David Carr. And like him.