| American Junkie Contributor(s): Hansen, Tom (Author), Beaudoin, Sean (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1593766645 ISBN-13: 9781593766641 Publisher: Soft Skull OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Psychology | Psychopathology - Addiction - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2017004005 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A non-stop trip into one man's land of desperate addicts, failed punk bands, and brushes with sad fame, as he sells drugs during the Seattle grunge years. In American Junkie, Tom Hansen maps his heroin addiction, from the promise of a young life to the prison of a mattress, from budding musician to broken down junkie, drowning in syringes and cigarette butts, shooting heroin into wounds the size of softballs, and ultimately, a ride to a hospital for a six-month stay and a painful self-discovery that cuts down to the bone. Through it all he never really loses his step, never lets go of his smarts, and always projects quintessential American reason, humor, and hope to make a story not only about drugs, but a compelling study of vulnerability and toughness. |