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From David Carr (1956–2015), the “undeniably great and dogged journalist” (Entertainment Regular) and author of the moment New York Times bestseller that the Chicago Sun-Times called “a persuasive tale of substance abuse, despair, and, finally, trust.”
Do we bear in mind only the stories we can live with? Those that make us look good in the rearview reflection? In The Nights the Weapon, David Carr redefines memoir with the revelatory account of his years as an addict and chronicles his trip from crack-house regular to regular columnist for The New York Times. Built on sixty videotaped interviews, legal and medical documents, and 3 years of reporting, The Nights the Weapon is a ferocious tale that uses the various tools of journalism to fact-check days gone by. Carr’s investigation of his own history uncovers that his odyssey through habit, recovery, cancers, and life as a single parent was far more harrowing—and, in the long run, more miraculous—than he allowed himself to remember.
Fierce, gritty, and extraordinary, The Nights the Weapon is “an odyssey you’ll find hard to ignore” (People).
