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100 1 $aCarr, David.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97878563
245 14 $aThe night of the gun :$ba reporter investigates the darkest story of his life, his own /$cDavid Carr.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $avii, 389 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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520 1 $a"In The Night of the Gun, David Carr redefines memoir with the revelatory story of his years as an addict and chronicles his journey from crack-house regular to regular columnist for The New York Times. Built on sixty videotaped interviews, legal and medical records, and three years of reporting, The Night of the Gun is a ferocious tale that uses the tools of journalism to fact-check the past. Carr's investigation of his own history reveals that his odyssey through addiction, recovery, cancer, and life as a single parent was far more narrowing - and, in the end, more miraculous - than he allowed himself to remember. Over the course of the book, he digs his way through a past that continues to evolve as he reports it." "In one sense, the story of The Night of the Gun is a common one - a white-boy misdemeanant lands in a ditch and is restored to sanity through the love of his family, a God of his understanding, and a support group that will go unnamed. But when the whole truth is told, it does not end there. After fourteen years - or was it thirteen? - Carr tried an experiment in social drinking. Double jeopardy turned out to be a game he did not play well. As a reporter and columnist at the nation's best newspaper, he prospered, but gained no more adeptness at mood-altering substances. He set out to become a nice suburban alcoholic and succeeded all too well, including two more arrests, one that included a night in jail wearing a tuxedo."--BOOK JACKET.
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650 0 $aCocaine abuse$zUnited States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aJournalists$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009127916
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