Millionaire Junkie

My Journey Down to Heroin - and Back

AvJason Peter,Tony O'Neill

E-bok

Engelska, 2011

161 kr

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Beskrivning

Blighted by a neck injury at a young age, sports superstar Jason Peter was forced to retire prematurely. In just a few short years, Peter's brilliant career was in ruins as he found himself consumed by painkillers, then crack and finally heroin. His addiction transformed him from a pumped-up athletic gladiator to a small, wispish shell of his former self.In Millionaire Junkie, Peter tells of the lost days and nights spent prowling the streets of Manhattan, flying cross-country with high-class call girls and doing piles of heroin and cocaine. It is a visceral, ragged-edged story of true glory, self-destruction, addiction and, finally, redemption.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-05-20
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781780572147
Förlag:Mainstream Publishing

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Mer om författaren

Jason Peter was an NFL first-round draft pick by the Carolina Panthers, where he played for five years. He is now married and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he co-hosts a radio programme for ESPN.Tony O'Neill is a poet and novelist, whose books include Digging the Vein and Songs from the Shooting Gallery. He lives in New York.

Recensioner i media

"An unflinching look at the dark side of a life devoted to pleasure ... the book's power lies in his honesty in detailing the depths of his despair from seeking the next high" Publishers Weekly "A portrait of a red-blooded jock as monster dope fiend ... had Hunter Thompson been a football player instead of a fan, this is the book he'd have written" -- Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight and I, Fatty "A bleak if compelling read, but has a genuinely uplifting ending" Maxim "Peter's cautionary tale of success, stardom and the pressures of fame transcends continents and sport ... stark and honest, it paints a bleak picture of drug addiction but offers salvation in the way he finally turned his life around" News of the World