The Book of Drugs: A Memoir
Autor Mike Doughtyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 ian 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780306818776
ISBN-10: 0306818779
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 210 x 140 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0306818779
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 210 x 140 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
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Recenzii
Publishers
Weekly,
10/3/11
“Hardly your typical rock star memoir. Doughty is brutally honest about life as an addict…Bringing the writing skill that he has crafted to his underground poetry, magazine articles, and songs, Doughty conveys his message with both despair and humor…A compelling look at one man’s struggle to come to terms with the much-discussed connection between addiction and art.”
“Hardly your typical rock star memoir. Doughty is brutally honest about life as an addict…Bringing the writing skill that he has crafted to his underground poetry, magazine articles, and songs, Doughty conveys his message with both despair and humor…A compelling look at one man’s struggle to come to terms with the much-discussed connection between addiction and art.”
New
YorkDaily
News,10/28/11
“The
leader
of
the
New
York
band
Soul
Coughing
comes
clean
about
the
local
music
scene
as
well
as
his
(semi)
undiminished
love
of
the
high.”
TheRumpus.net,
10/20/11
“Doughty’s life, as chronicled in these pages, is not so much a revelation for its narrative arc (kid makes the big time, starts in with the dope, the band breaks up, kid is redeemed), as it is for the astonishingly vital, energized, and natural voice contained in its pages, one which never once had a ghost writer presiding over it, likewise its acerbic and sometimes lacerating honesty.”
“Doughty’s life, as chronicled in these pages, is not so much a revelation for its narrative arc (kid makes the big time, starts in with the dope, the band breaks up, kid is redeemed), as it is for the astonishingly vital, energized, and natural voice contained in its pages, one which never once had a ghost writer presiding over it, likewise its acerbic and sometimes lacerating honesty.”
Boston Globe,11/11/11
“Engrossing
and
extremely
candid.”
Seattle
Weekly,
11/9/11
“A
salacious
memoir.”
“[Doughty]
gives
us
an
unflinching
look
into
his
life
with
his
memoir…He
shares
his
sordid
tales
of
addiction,
stripped
away
of
any
of
the
glamour
or
romance
that’s
often
applied
to
the
rock
‘n’
roll
lifestyle…It’s
full
of
“weirdness,
and
messed-up-ness,”
as
Doughty
puts
it,
but
within,
you
see
his
humor
and
brilliance
shining
through.”
WBEZ
Radio
(website),
2/17/12
“[Doughty]
writes
with
a
brutal
honesty.”
BackStageAxxess.com,
2/24/12
“A
candid
memoir…For
fans
of
Doughty's
former
band,
Soul
Coughing,
the
book
offers
an
interesting
account
of
nasty
band
politics
that
may
only
be
rivaled
by
the
acrimonious
split
of
Creedence
Clearwater
Revival…A
collection
of
reflections
that
make
for
interesting
reading.
There
are
moments
that
are
funny
and
others
quite
disturbing,
but
the
writing
is
raw
and
emotional
and
features
at
least
some
events
that
most
people
can
easily
relate
to
in
their
own
lives.”Nashville
Scene,
2/22/12“We’ll probably never see a Soul Coughing episode of BTM [Behind the Music], but Mike Doughty’s new book,The Book of Drugs: A Memoir, does a hell of a job in its place.”
CincinnatiCityBeat,
3/6/12
“It
seems
almost
unfair
that
a
talented
singer/songwriter
like
Doughty
should
also
turn
out
to
be
a
good
writer,
but
there
you
have
it.The
Book
of
Drugsis
informative
but
not
confessional,
rock-snarky
but
tempered
with
a
round
of
amends.
It
is
also
whip-smart
and
bitterly
funny.”
Salon.com,
1/26/12“The unspoken rule of rock ‘n’ roll memoirs—especially ones about drug-addled players who get clean—is that the author tends to mend fences rather than sling mud. Mike Doughty: not so much. InThe Book of Drugs, the former Soul Coughing frontman writes with a lacerating candor about his family, his narcotic and sexual excesses, the idiocy of the music industry, and, most of all, his former band mates.”
Penthouse,
February
2012
“Doughty
strips
away
the
glamour
many
people
associate
with
the
rock-star
life,
and
his
sharp
writing
reinvigorates
even
the
most
overdone
clichés
about
recovery.”
The
Daily,
1/22/12
“Being
a
Soul
Coughing
fan,
or
a
fan
of
Doughty's
solo
career,
isn't
required
to
enjoy
readingThe
Book
of
Drugs...The
warts-and-all
approach
ofThe
Book
of
Drugsworks.”
New
YorkPost,1/29/12
"[A]
riveting
new
memoir."
“For
fans
of
Doughty
in
his
various
incarnations
it’s
a
fascinating
look
at
a
heretofore
inscrutable
character
and
for
folks
who
know
him
in
his
new
incarnation
it’s
nice
to
see
from
whence
all
his
brilliance
came.
Non-fans
may
enjoy
the
story
of
redemption
and
the
insider’s
look
at
a
dying
music
industry…Some
of
Doughty’s
prose
is
transcendental—it’s
down
to
earth,
raw,
and
real.”
No
Depressionblog,
3/14/12
“[A] tell all rock chronicle…The book reads like Jim Carroll’sThe Basketball Diaries, a close-up chronicle of a heroin addict.”
LincolnJournal-Star,
3/25/12“[A] tell all rock chronicle…The book reads like Jim Carroll’sThe Basketball Diaries, a close-up chronicle of a heroin addict.”
“An honest, oft-funny memoir that captures his rock ‘n' roll heart while telling the clichéd drug story without resorting to cliché.”
State
Journal-Register,
3/29/12
“Written
in
Doughty’s
signature
stream-of-consciousness.”
BoulderDaily
Camera,
3/29/12
“[Doughty]
delivers
[his
stories]
with
a
taut,
efficient
prose
style,
and
he
doggedly
maintains
a
sense
of
honesty
and
openness.”
SLUG,
3/27/12
Notă biografică
Mike Doughty is a musician, journalist, and prolific blogger. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
Descriere
A brutally honest memoir of addiction and recovery by Mike Doughty, the world-renowned solo artist and former lead singer and songwriter of Soul Coughing