Permanent Midnight: A Memoir

Permanent Midnight: A Memoir

<div>Jerry Stahl's seminal memoir of drug addiction and a career in Hollywood, <I>Permanent Midnight</I> is a classic along the lines of Hubert Selby, Jr.'s <I>Last Exit to Brooklyn</I>. Illuminating the self-loathing and self-destruction of an addict's inner life, <I>Permanent Midnight</I> follows Stahl through the dregs of addiction and into sobriety.<br /><BR>In 1998, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Maria Bello starred in a film version of <I>Permanent Midnight</I> to much acclaim.<br /><BR>Nic Sheff, author of <I>Tweak</I>, wrote the introduction to this edition.</div>