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The Book of Drugs: A Memoir

By Mike Doughty

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2012
ISBN
0306818779, 9780306818776, 9780306820502
LCC
ML420.D737 A3 2012
Open Library ID
OL24858230M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
414 kB (424424 bytes)
Pages
256\0
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Mike Doughty first came to prominence as the leader of the band Soul Coughing then did an abrupt sonic left turn, much to the surprise of his audience, transforming into a solo performer of stark, dusky, but strangely hopeful tunes. He battled addiction, gave up fame when his old band was at the height of its popularity, drove thousands of miles, alone, across America, with just an acoustic guitar. His candid, hilarious, self-lacerating memoir, The Book of Drugs—featuring cameos by Redman, Ani DiFranco, the late Jeff Buckley, and others—is the story of his band’s rise and bitter collapse, the haunted and darkly comical life of addiction, and the perhaps even weirder world of recovery.

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