The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life, His Own
by David Carr · 2008
Buy on Amazon"New York Times" reporter and columnist Carr crafts a groundbreaking memoir on his years as an addict. Built on more than 50 videotaped interviews with people from his past, Carr's investigation of his own history reveals a past far more harrowing than he allowed himself to remember.
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