Pour Me
Author | : A.A. Gill |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2015-11-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780297870838 |
ISBN-13 | : 0297870831 |
Rating | : 4/5 (831 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pour Me written by A.A. Gill and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 'An intense, succulent read that's intermittently dazzling' THE TIMES 'Chilling, exquisitely moving' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A superb memoir - and one of the best books on addiction I have ever read' EVENING STANDARD A. A. Gill's memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. He recalls the lost days, lost friends, failed marriages ... But there was also an 'optimum inebriation, a time when it was all golden'. Sobriety regained, there are painterly descriptions of people and places, unforgettable musings about childhood and family, art and religion; and most movingly, the connections between his cooking, dyslexia and his missing brother. Full of raw and unvarnished truths, exquisitely written throughout, POUR ME is about lost time and self-discovery. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon.