{"product_id":"permanent-midnight-a-memoir-0976082209-used","title":"Permanent Midnight: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0976082209\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stahl, Jerry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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 YorkerOriginal, 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 Boys LifePermanent 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.Jerry Stahl was born in Pittsburgh. He is author of the novels Perv: A Love Story, Plainclothes Naked and I, Fatty, the paperback edition of which will appear in 2005. He currently lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67590823412000,"sku":"USED0976082209","price":19.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51jib_8P8IL_a9a8c845-cd9a-4c62-bcdb-59c6caf10518.jpg?v=1790624736","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/permanent-midnight-a-memoir-0976082209-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}