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| Genre/Form: | Biography Case studies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | David Carr; David Carr |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Carr |
| ISBN: | 9781416541523 1416541527 |
| OCLC Number: | 220419865 |
| Description: | vii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Responsibility: | David Carr. |
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"After years of abuse, the memoir has found its white knight, galloping in to show how a personal story can be engrossing, shocking and true. Mr. Carr's book...practically issues a challenge to thosecurrent reigning kings -- David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, Ishmael Beah -- of the memoir genre: You get a video camera and tape recorder, and retrace the steps of your life. Will your story sound the same?...It adds up to a riveting, improbable story. More important, Mr. Carr has produced a work that stands to revive the excitement and thrill of reading about reporting. It's "All the President's Men," but about a dude from Minnesota with a drug habit."-- "New York Observer Review of Books" Read more...

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- Carr, David, -- 1956-2015.
- Drug addicts -- United States -- Biography.
- Cocaine abuse -- United States -- Case studies.
- Journalists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
- Journalists -- New York -- Biography.
- Carr, David.
- Cocaine abuse.
- Drug addicts.
- Journalists.
- New York (State) -- New York.
- United States.
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