{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJerry Stahl was born in Pittsburgh. He is author of the novels, I, Fatty, Perv: A Love Story, and Plainclothes, Naked. He currently lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Process","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614451863826,"sku":"9780976082200","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2069a273-05b7-4a26-8a1b-fe8d1a53b1fe.jpg?v=1732444774","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/permanent-midnight-a-memoir-9780976082200","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}