{"product_id":"9780976082200","title":"Permanent Midnight: A Memoir","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 readers as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerry Stahl\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Pittsburgh. He is author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePerv: A Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlainclothes Naked\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI, Fatty\u003c\/i\u003e, the paperback edition of which will appear in 2005. He currently lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Process","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034414334192,"sku":"9780976082200","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780976082200_p0.jpg?v=1763875427","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780976082200","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}