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The Lost Weekend (Paperback)

by Charles Jackson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Black Spring Press Ltd; New edition edition (11 Mar 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0948238275
  • ISBN-13: 978-0948238277
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 50,504 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The unflinching story of an alcoholic, set among the smoke-filled piano bars and teeming streets of Manhattan in the late '30s. Jackson's gifted, cursed and self-defeating anti-hero, having contrived his own abandonment, begins the five-day bender that just may be the one that ends it all.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "A Song of my Drunken Self"-- "Booze Lit. Classic", 15 Jul 2001
You can forget, Bukowski, Hunter S., Kerouac or Kingsley Amis, the harrowing masterpiece that is "The Lost Weekend" is the first and last word in 'Booze Lit.' Following the descent of failed writer "Don" into another weekend of alcoholic oblivion, Jackson's prose evoke the blackouts hallucinations terrors and cold turkey's of alcoholism with a stark reality that has never really been matched. Through the landscape of 1930's Manhattan, from well kept apartments to the smokey jazz bars, Don's journey from middle class surroundings into the low life desperation of the addict is swift and terrifying. While the bar scene's are tinged with the romanticism of the 'hard boiled loner' observing American bar life, the 'Yom Kippur' sequence and the hallucinations involving a 'mouse' when Don sits out the night waiting for the Off Licence to open, will make you put down your beer and think again. Addictive, harrowing and epic writing staring the reality of the 'broken drunk' right in the face of 1930's New York.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful and penetrating read., 21 Jun 1998
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For years, "The Lost Weekend" has been one of my favorite movies of the 1940s. Ray Milland's oily style never seemed better suited than it did to the role of Don Birnam, the story's inveterate sneaking drunk, and the movie was-- and remains-- surprisingly hard-hitting for a film of that period. I also promised myself for years that I would read Charles Jackson's book of the same title on which the movies is based, and I finally have. Jackson's book takes place entirely from the perspective of the main character, Don Birnam, and entirely inside that character's head. It contains relatively little action and dialogue (don't look for too many familiar scenes from the movie, especially that upbeat, optimistic ending), being mostly comprised of Birnam's endless introspection and rationalization of his self-destructive behavior, laced with undercurrents of homosexuality. This is never dull, however. Birnam is an intelligent, sharp, and very entertaining fellow, even if you can never trust him, and Jackson keeps you whipping right along, with only occasional lapses into literary and philosophical tedium. I have no biographical information about the author, but the story is told with such knowledge and insight that I would be very surprised if it is not, to some large extent, based on personal experience. This is a very thoughtful and penetrating read, which, I am happy to say, has not detracted from my enjoyment of the movie.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read this!, 16 Oct 2006
A fascinating but oh so frightening view from inside the head of an alcoholic. This classic should be required reading for all us boozers. Not that it is a cautionary tale as such. It is beautifully and sympathetically written, with an sense of inevitable doom which somehow does not quite materialise at the end. Don Birnam is no stereotyped alcoholic, and the activity and variety of thoughts within his head make this a stimulating read. I loved it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended to me by Errol Flynn
I read this book after reading in a biography that Errol Flynn had read it and was so shocked that he bought copies of it for his hard drinking buddies. Read more
Published 22 months ago by shinysteve

5.0 out of 5 stars A sobering read
"The barometer of his emotional nature was set for a spell of riot." So begins Charles Jackson's The Lost Weekend, a novel detailing the antics of a 1930s New York alcoholic over... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Andrew Crouch

5.0 out of 5 stars Booze lit classic
Jackson’s ‘TLW’ is one of the earliest classics of so-called ‘booze lit’, the genre which examines the world via protagonists chronically addicted to... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2006 by Depressaholic

5.0 out of 5 stars Dont compare it with the film
A fantastic novel that suffers from the film of the same name. Dont believe all the hype about an 'anti hero' this book offers a lot more than that. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 1999 by cioran25@aol.com

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