Why read The Night of the Gun?

Book cover of The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own.

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"In one sense, my story is a common one, a white boy misdemeanant who lands in a ditch and is restored to sanity through the love of his family, a God of his understanding and a support group that will go unnamed. But if the whole truth is told, it…

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Stephen Rowley

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I’m not a lifelong addict, so with every chapter, I found myself exclaiming again and again, “Oh, no, you fool! Just stop before it’s too late!” David Carr had his way with me as he dragged me down the painful road of his life, teaching me that addiction is something you can never really shake. Yet, he became a world-famous editor at the New York Times and a single, sober father of twin girls.

The story of Carr’s unpredictable metamorphosis is made brilliantly clear by his searingly raw and unforgiving style. Even as a junkie and late-night boozer, he wrote…

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