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      The Lost Weekend

      by Charles Jackson
      Published
      Nov 1983
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      The classic tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson's best-known book—a daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature.

      It is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, until he's in the midst of what becomes a five-day binge. The Lost Weekend moves with unstoppable speed, propelled by a heartbreaking but unflinching truth. It catapulted Charles Jackson to fame, and endures as an acute study of the ravages of alcoholism, as well as an unforgettable parable of the condition of the modern man.

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      First Edition Nov 1983 Carroll & Graf ISBN13 9780881840209 ISBN10 0881840203
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      Sep 1996 Syracuse University Press ISBN13 9780815604198 ISBN10 081560419X
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      Feb 2013 Vintage ISBN13 9780307948717 ISBN10 0307948714
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      Apr 2021 Black Spring Press ISBN13 9781913606374 ISBN10 1913606376
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      Feb 2013 Knopf ISBN13 9780307948731 ISBN10 0307948730
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      Oct 2014 Recorded Books ISBN10 B00O7ZPRQ6
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