PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN: A MEMOIR

Bill Clegg's PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN stands up to Frederick Exley's great memoir of alcoholism, A Fan's Notes. It is perhaps even higher praise to think of PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN as Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye on crack. But really, finally, forget the comparisons. Read the book." —Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours