The Night of the Gun : A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own. (Paperback)

from Neftzger

This was one of those books that I didn't want to put down. David Carr has lived a very colorful life, but what intrigued me about this book was that he was a journalist who came to acknowledge his own lack of objectivity. In fact, he discovers that none of us are objective and that our memories ...

from reverends

Autobiographical tales featuring survivors of drug addiction and substance abuse have always been popular. There is something intriguing about listening as someone describes hitting rock bottom, and then somehow managing to miraculously turn themselves around. Of course, such books are so popular...

from rivkat

Carr's autobiography telling the story of his long history of addiction and shorter history of recovery, done as what he remembers plus investigation that he did as if he were reporting a story-which reveals a lot of things that he didn't remember correctly, such as who exactly was holding a gun ...

from pivic

Kenny actually has a lot of fondness—in clinical terms, it would be called “euphoric recall”—for those days. One of the best things about this book, David Carr's autobiography, is his no crying-over-spilled-milk, simple and non-alacrious style. It's not noir, it's just a very good author's voice,...

from damfino83

An almost painfully honest memoir- taking a serious journalistic approach to ones memoir is a great idea. From a serious drug addiction (having your young children waiting in the car in a bad neighborhood while you go inside to buy and use crack) to tracking down stories while high, reading about...