An
"artistic
triumph for
Ivan
Gold."*
"A brave, open book,
harsh, dogged, and
relentless, a confession
bursting through the
contours of a novel."
- PHILIP ROTH
"A celebration of the writing life and the
examined life, full of the irony and wisdom that
are the essence of Ivan Gold's work ... With (this
book) he renews and confirms his prominent
place in our fiction. " - ROBERT STONE
"A personal, nerve-grabbing, and soul-searching
account of what
it
means to conquer the
demons of addiction, one day at a time."
- DAN WAKEFIELD
"Gold evokes the fata l attractions of booze with
more insight than any other American novelist."
- SHAUN O·CONNELL. Boston Globe
' JOSEPH COATES.
Chicago Tribune BOoks
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