The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of his Life--His Own
by David Carr
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Author: David CarrEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-05
ISBN: 1416541527
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Summary: 3 Stars
This book is Carr's journey back into his life as a drug addict based on interviews with current and former friends. Carr is currently a successful journalist for the New York Times but, prior to that, he was a major drug user who accidentally got a girl pregnant and wound up the primary custodian of twins. He went in and out of rehab multiple times, eventually remarried, and came clean. Just when things were looking up he was diagnosed with cancer, which he eventually beat.
The overall plot is familiar and reminds me of "The Wolf of Wall Street" or "Rigged". Though instead of being about a financier, it is about a journalist.
Carr acknowledges that writing a memoir is somewhat self indulgent and audacious, which helps add an element of humility to an otherwise rather depressing story.
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