New York Times Columnist David Carr's Memoir On Crack Addiction, Recovery: Excerpt

New York Magazine/Daily Intel:

We just got our hands on an early, early copy of New York Times columnist David Carr's memoir, The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own. It documents Carr's adult life of addiction and recovery as well as his career and family trajectory. Because of the recent strain on the genre by hoaxers like JT LeRoy, Margaret Seltzer, and James Frey, Carr actually went to the trouble of video-interviewing other participants in the events that he remembered, just to be as accurate as possible. The book begins with an explanation of this, with the disclaimer: "Every effort was made to corroborate memory with fact, and in significant instances where that was not possible, it is noted in text ... All of which is not to say that every word of this book is true -- all human stories are subject to errors of omission, fact, or interpretation regardless of intent -- only that it is as true as I could make it."

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Comments

[AdultFilmLegend]

Don't you think that most people writing for the NYT are on crack?

[cpscscs]

The guy looks happy to me.

[fedup07]

that is so sad...was he on crack in this picture cause it looks like it...that'­s just very sad.