<b>From David Carr (1956–2015), the “undeniably brilliant and dogged journalist” (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>) and author of the instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller that the <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> called “a compelling tale of drug abuse, despair, and, finally, hope.”</b><br><br>Do we remember only the stories we can live with? The ones that make us look good in the rearview mirror? In <i>The Night of the Gun</i>, David Carr redefines memoir with the revelatory story of his years as an addict and chronicles his journey from crack-house regular to regular columnist for<i> The New York Times</i>. Built on sixty videotaped interviews, legal and medical records, and three years of reporting, <i>The Night of the Gun</i> is a ferocious tale that uses the tools of journalism to fact-check the past. Carr’s investigation of his own history reveals that his odyssey through addiction, recovery, cancer, and life as a single parent was far more harrowing—and, in the end, more miraculous—than he allowed himself to remember.<br> <br> Fierce, gritty, and remarkable, <i>The Night of the Gun</i> is “an odyssey you’ll find hard to forget” (<i>People</i>). Read Less