{"product_id":"2940172553349","title":"Permanent Midnight: A Memoir (20th Anniversary Edition)","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 fans as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099041251568,"sku":"2940172553349","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172553349_p0.jpg?v=1763838887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172553349","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}