| Author: | Pete Hamill | ISBN: | 9780316054539 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company | Publication: | December 14, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Back Bay Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Pete Hamill |
| ISBN: | 9780316054539 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication: | December 14, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Back Bay Books |
| Language: | English |
As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. In A Drinking Life, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker.
As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. In A Drinking Life, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker.
