Charles Jackson's novel The Lost Weekend-the story of five disastrous days in the life of an alcoholic-was published in 1944 to triumphant success. Although he tried to escape its legacy, Jackson is often remembered only as the author of this thinly veiled autobiography. In Farther & Wilder, the award-winning biographer of Richard Yates and John Cheever goes deeper, exploring Jackson's life-from growing up in the scandal-plagued village of Newark, New York, to a career in Hollywood and friendships with everyone from Judy Garland and Billy Wilder to Thomas Mann and Mary McCarthy. This is the fascinating biography of a writer whose life and work encapsulated what it meant to be an addict and a closeted homosexual in mid-century America, and who was far ahead of his time in bringing these forbidden subjects into the popular discourse.
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ISBN | 9780307475527 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | Penguin Random House Llc |
Jahr | 20131203 |
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