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.
- ISBN10 0881840203
- ISBN13 9780881840209
- Publish Date 1 November 1983 (first published December 1960)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English