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Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
Bill Clegg
Little Brown and Company
June 2010
On Sale: June 7, 2010
240 pages
ISBN: 0316054674
EAN: 9780316054676
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Bill Clegg had a thriving business as a literary agent, a
supportive partner, trusting colleagues, and loving friends
when he walked away from his world and embarked on a
two-month crack binge. He had been released from rehab nine
months earlier, and his relapse would cost him his home, his
money, his career, and very nearly his life. What is it that leads an exceptional young mind want to
disappear? Clegg makes stunningly clear the attraction of
the drug that had him in its thrall, capturing in scene
after scene the drama, tension, and paranoiac nightmare of a
secret life--and the exhilarating bliss that came again and
again until it was eclipsed almost entirely by doom. He also
explores the shape of addiction, how its pattern--not its
cause--can be traced to the past. Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man is an utterly
compelling narrative--lyrical, irresistible, harsh, honest,
and beautifully written--from which you simply cannot look
away.
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