American Junkie (eBook)

Tom Hansen (Autor)

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2017
288 Seiten
Catapult (Verlag)
978-1-59376-671-9 (ISBN)

Infos

"Takes you to the gristle-chewing tracks of the gnarly Emerald City before the first wave of Sub Pop loving kids arrived.â Chris Estey, KEXP Radio, SeattleIn American Junkie, Tom Hansen takes us non-stop into a land of desperate addicts, failed punk bands, and brushes with sad fame, selling drugs during the Seattle grunge years. It's a story that 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.

Autor

Tom Hansen was born in Seattle and raised by adoptive parents in nearby Edmonds, WA. A failed skateboarder, dishwasher and punk rock guitarist, he turned to shooting and dealing smack. He was very good at it. Following the incidents depicted here, Hansen kicked his habit returned to school and eventually earned an MFA in writing from the University of British Columbia. Tom lives and writes in Seattle. In addition to American Junkie his other work includes the highly praised retro noir thriller, This is What We Do.Sean Beaudoin is the author of the YA novels Going Nowhere Faster, Fade To Blue, You Killed Wesley Payne, The Infects, and Wise Young Fool. Sean's stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Onion, The San Francisco Chronicle, Glimmer Train, and Salon; and he is one of the founding editors of TheWeeklings.com,/i>. His first adult title, the short story collection Welcome Thieves, was published by Algonquin in March, 2016. A novel with Algonquin Press is forthcoming.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2017
• Einführung: Sean Beaudoin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
• ISBN-10: 1-59376-671-8 / 1593766718
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59376-671-9 / 9781593766719