Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days

Bill Clegg

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English

Vintage
15 October 2018

Autobiography: literary; Memoirs; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Drugs trade & trafficking

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.

What makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful young literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack-addiction- a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and - very nearly - his life? In his utterly compulsive narrative, Bill Clegg leads us through the grimiest back-rooms of Manhattan's underbelly, through scenes of blank-eyed sex and squalor, into the febrile paranoia of a mind gone out of control.

Ninety Days begins where Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ends - and tells the wrenching story of Bill Clegg's battle to reclaim his life. The goal is ninety- just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction. But as any recovering addict knows, hitting rock bottom is just the beginning. . .

Published for the first time in one volume- Bill Clegg's unflinching account of the addiction that nearly ended everything.

By: Bill Clegg
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781784708191
ISBN 10: 1784708194
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 15 October 2018
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bill Clegg is the author of the bestselling memoirs Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days. His first novel, Did You Ever Have a Family, was longlisted for the Booker Prize.

Reviews for Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days

Destined to become a cult classic of writing on drug addiction. * Irvine Welsh [Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man] * It's an honest and wonderfully crafted book by a man as intoxicated by language as he was by crack - A.L. Kennedy. * Guardian [Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man] * I loved Bill Clegg's Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man because of its unflinching honesty... There is a passage in it in that is among the most tender and desperate I have ever read. It is also extremely funny. * Observer [Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man] *