{"product_id":"the-lost-weekend-paperback","title":"The Lost Weekend - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBlake Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classic tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson's best-known book--a daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, until he's in the midst of what becomes a five-day binge. \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e moves with unstoppable speed, propelled by a heartbreaking but unflinching truth. It catapulted Charles Jackson to fame, and endures as an acute study of the ravages of alcoholism, as well as an unforgettable parable of the condition of the modern man.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1903 and raised in the township of Arcadia, New York, in the Finger Lakes region, where much of his fiction is set. After a youth marred by tuberculosis and alcoholism, Jackson achieved international fame with his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), which was adapted into a classic movie by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. Over the next nine years, Jackson published two more novels and two story collections, while continuing to struggle with alcohol and drug addiction. In 1967, after a fourteen-year silence, he returned to the best-seller lists with a novel about a nymphomaniac, \u003ci\u003eA Second-Hand Life\u003c\/i\u003e, but the following year he died of an overdose at the Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlake Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFarther \u0026amp; Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson. \u003c\/i\u003eHis other books include \u003ci\u003eA Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates, \u003c\/i\u003efinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eCheever: A Life, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Francis Parkman Prize, and finalist for the Pulitzer and James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He edited a two-volume edition of Cheever's work for The Library of America, and in 2010 received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Virginia with his wife and daughter.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.24 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724310351935,"sku":"9780307948717","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ea548714e2fb591dd3b5ecb0cd32eeb9.webp?v=1765102234","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-lost-weekend-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}