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The night of the gun a reporter investigates the darkest story of his life, his own

A confessional account of the author's struggles with addiction traces his rise from a crack house regular to a columnist for "The New York Times," describing his experiences with rehabilitation, cancer, and single parenthood.

Main Author:	Carr, David.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009, c2008.
Subjects:	Carr, David. Drug addicts > United States > Biography. Cocaine abuse > United States > Case studies. Journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.

Summary:	A confessional account of the author's struggles with addiction traces his rise from a crack house regular to a columnist for "The New York Times," describing his experiences with rehabilitation, cancer, and single parenthood.
Item Description:	Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Physical Description:	vii, 389 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9781416541530 (pbk.) 1416541535 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	David Carr was born on September 8, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received degrees in psychology and journalism from the University of Minnesota. He worked for an alternative weekly, Twin Cities Reader, and the Washington City Paper, before moving to New York. He wrote about media for a website, Inside.com, and was a contributing writer for publications including The Atlantic Monthly and New York magazine. He joined The New York Times in 2002 as a business reporter covering magazine publishing. He wrote about cultural subjects for The Times including the feature known as The Carpetbagger and a column entitled The Media Equation. His book, The Night of the Gun, was published in 2008 and dealt with the time in his life when he was addicted to crack cocaine. He died on February 12, 2015 at the age of 58. (Bowker Author Biography)

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