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A hilarious, horrendous, and ultimately helpful memoir about hitting middle age and trying to hit back.
William Leith, well-known for his jaw-droppingly candid columns about his dysfunctional and dissolute life, is no longer young. Given what he used to put his body through, before he gave up bingeing on drugs and drink and bad food, he is in fairly good shape. There is no getting past it, though: he’s getting past it. And bits of him are falling apart.
What is happening to him? And what can be done about it? In his extraordinary chronicle The Hungry Years, Leith turned his merciless eye and magpie mind on his addictions and the chemistry, psychology, and philosophy behind them. Bits of Me Are Falling Apart is an even more ambitious and mordantly funny book, in which an unflinching memoir of his own, unique voyage into later life becomes an examination of the aging process in all humans - what science tells us about it and might be able to do to arrest it.
William Leith, well-known for his jaw-droppingly candid columns about his dysfunctional and dissolute life, is no longer young. Given what he used to put his body through, before he gave up bingeing on drugs and drink and bad food, he is in fairly good shape. There is no getting past it, though: he’s getting past it. And bits of him are falling apart.
What is happening to him? And what can be done about it? In his extraordinary chronicle The Hungry Years, Leith turned his merciless eye and magpie mind on his addictions and the chemistry, psychology, and philosophy behind them. Bits of Me Are Falling Apart is an even more ambitious and mordantly funny book, in which an unflinching memoir of his own, unique voyage into later life becomes an examination of the aging process in all humans - what science tells us about it and might be able to do to arrest it.
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Recensione:
"It could become a classic." The Guardian (UK)
"An engaging and truly funny book." The Globe and Mail
"Brilliant. . . . Darkly funny, at times disturbing, often sad, brutally honest." Toronto Star
"A near-addictive read." The Gazette (Montreal)
"It’s the kind of book you read at one gulp." Edmonton Journal
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"An engaging and truly funny book." The Globe and Mail
"Brilliant. . . . Darkly funny, at times disturbing, often sad, brutally honest." Toronto Star
"A near-addictive read." The Gazette (Montreal)
"It’s the kind of book you read at one gulp." Edmonton Journal
William Leith has written about subjects as divergent as kings in Africa, political tension in Palestine, nightlife in Bangkok, and teeth in Britain. He writes regularly for The Guardian, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, and The Spectator.
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- EditoreDoubleday of Canada
- Data di pubblicazione2009
- ISBN 10 0385664559
- ISBN 13 9780385664554
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine262
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Minor wear to the top and bottom right-hand corners of the jacket. Small smudge to jacket. Memoir about middle-age and getting older. Codice articolo 000599
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Descrizione libro Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 8vo pp.262. book. Codice articolo 262462
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