Permanent Midnight, Jerry Stahl
Permanent Midnight, Jerry Stahl
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Permanent Midnight
A Memoir (20th Anniversary Edition)

Author: Jerry Stahl, Nic Sheff

Narrator: Jerry Stahl, Scott Merriman

Unabridged: 11 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/03/2019

Synopsis

“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 Last Exit to Brooklyn“[Stahl] is a better-than-Burroughs virtuoso.”—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker“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 This Boy’s Life“Permanent Midnight 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.”—BooklistA searing confessional infused with the darkest humor, Permanent Midnight chronicles the opiated abyss of a Hollywood screenwriter and his formidable climb into sobriety.Made into a major motion picture starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, Permanent Midnight is revered by critics and an ever-growing cult of devoted readers as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.Music © 2015 by Joe Cardamone

About Jerry Stahl

Pushcart Prize–winning author Jerry Stahl has written eight books, including the memoir Permanent Midnight (made into a film with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson), and novels including Pain Killers, Bad Sex on Speed, I, Fatty (optioned by Johnny Depp), and Happy Mutant Baby Pills. His widely anthologized fiction and nonfiction has appeared in The Believer, Esquire, Black Book, and a variety of other places. He currently writes for the IFC series Maron.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on October 15, 2016

Permanent Midnight sets its tone in the first few pages, beginning with its author - Jerry Stahl - wearing a diaper to soak up the blood from his bleeding, post-op testicles. From there it descends into a story of debasement and self-loathing that is one of the finest and most enjoyable memoirs I’ve......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on May 06, 2015

Years ago, I had a great job working as a media broker for a major television network. I was also heavily addicted to heroin and crack. So here I am going to network meetings in L.A, nodding in and out, and trying to balance both lives simultaneously. One of my best friends told me that my life was......more

Goodreads review by Hudson on February 27, 2015

Another disturbing tale about drug abuse along the lines of Requiem for a Dream and Trainspotting. This was a fun read for such a dark subject, the author had a pretty good sense of humor and it comes through in his writing. Plus it was interesting to read about heroin addiction in someone who was a......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on May 08, 2018

Amazing, brilliant and I'm not one for flattery. I have an incurable chronic illness that has taken me to hell (many times) and heaven (once...it was nice). Over the last few years, the only people I've found I can relate to in any way, in literature and life, so far, are: heroin addicts, those who......more

Goodreads review by Bob on May 17, 2016

I'm not sure why I'm continuously drawn to books by and about junkies but here's another one to add to the list. Jerry Stahl's memoir "Permanent Midnight" is a tragicomic tale of addiction. His story takes place in Hollywood in the 1980's and 90's. His career has gone from writing pornography for Hu......more

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