Pour Me - A Life

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 'An intense, succulent read that's intermittently dazzling' THE TIMES 'Chilling, exquisitely moving' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A superb memoir - and one of the best books on addiction I have ever read' EVENING STANDARD A. A. Gill's memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. He recalls the lost days, lost friends, failed marriages ... But there was also an 'optimum inebriation, a time when it was all golden'. Sobriety regained, there are painterly descriptions of people and places, unforgettable musings about childhood and family, art and religion; and most movingly, the connections between his cooking, dyslexia and his missing brother. Full of raw and unvarnished truths, exquisitely written throughout, POUR ME is about lost time and self-discovery. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon.

Product details

• Authors: A. A. Gill, A.A. Gill, Adrian Gill, Adrian A. Gill, Gill Adrian
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.11.2016
• EAN: 9781780226439
• ISBN: 978-1-78022-643-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 201 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Memoirs, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Coping with drug and alcohol problems