{"product_id":"delirium-vitae-paperback","title":"Delirium Vitae - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Lebrun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2001, David LeBrun travelled to Costa Rica to reconnect with an old friend. LeBrun, a young writer at the end of a string of dead-end jobs, planned on living cheaply for a winter while finishing the book he thought would make his career. (And, of course, drinking every night and getting stoned every day. And maybe stealing the occasional pill.) But once there, he was swept up in his friend's self-destruction and ran out of money far sooner than expected.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat followed was an epic odyssey across Central America and Mexico, hitchhiking with random strangers and sleeping anywhere he could as his mental health deteriorated and he tried to finish his book; along the way, he met down-and-out street buskers, a narcissistic thief, a Bible-thumper with multiple personalities, ex-convicts in a Narcotics Anonymous shelter-but, more importantly, himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelirium Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e is a new classic, an \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e for the twenty-first century. Alternately charming and harrowing, it looks beneath the romance of adventure in a foreign land to see what it's really like to teeter between freedom and homelessness. (Because, let's be honest, walking thirty-six kilometers on an empty stomach, or fending off a sweaty and shirtless truck driver, does suck.) It's a fantastic book that looks not only at the excitement of the open road, but at why we go there, and what we leave behind--and whether we can ever still come home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid LeBrun\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-lingual French-Canadian author. With a gritty and minimalist style, his writing draws from his travels and offbeat perspectives. His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBlank Spaces Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaesura\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDelirium Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e is his first of three memoirs. He lives in Montréal, Québec, where he plays hockey, consults on screenplays, and works as a technician in the art department of the film industry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153344495679,"sku":"9781965199022","price":24.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/vAi7KXhGfX9781965199022.webp?v=1776946490","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/delirium-vitae-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}