How To Stop Time - the Memoir Of A Heroin Addict

Zusatztext The little black dress of dope books...Marlowe is the most gifted druggie to pop out of Harvard since Timothy Leary. Informationen zum Autor Ann Marlowe is a journalist who has written for THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW. She has a BA & a PHD in Philosophy from Harvard & an MBA from Columbia Business School. She has worked on Wall Street. This is her first book. * An ultra-cool examination of the allure and degradation of the world of heroin with its effect on contemporary society by a New York ex-junkie journalist Zusammenfassung In a coolly dispassionate voice! Ann Marlowe has created a mock dictionary in order to dissect her addiction to - and her eventual rejection of - heroin. Each entry! varying from the anecdotal to the analytical! describes the allure and the degradation of the drug! set against the story of her own life. Without glamorizing it! she explores the seduction of the drug and honestly reveals heroin's temporary deep satisfaction! before finally casting the drug aside as a failed! even abusive! lover! a negligent spouse! a one-way ultimately doomed relationship. Her journey through heroin is a cerebral tale grounded in an exploration of emotional life. Throughout! her tone is ironic and searching and her alphabetical voyage provides an insight into the twilight world of drug addiction.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Marlowe, Marlowe Ann
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.10.2002
• EAN: 9781860498213
• ISBN: 978-1-86049-821-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects