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How to Stop Time Ann Marlowe

How to Stop Time By Ann Marlowe

How to Stop Time by Ann Marlowe


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Using the form of a mock dictionary (A is for abject; H is for high; F is for funeral) the allure and the degradation of the world of heroin is dissected by a New York ex-junkie journalist. Her journey through heroin is a cerebral tale grounded in an exploration of emotional life.

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How to Stop Time: Heroin from A-Z by Ann Marlowe

In a coolly dispassionate voice, Ann Marlowe has created a mock dictionary in order to dissect her addiction to - and her eventual rejection of - heroin. Each entry, varying from the anecdotal to the analytical, describes the allure and the degradation of the drug, set against the story of her own life. Without glamorizing it, she explores the seduction of the drug and honestly reveals heroin's temporary deep satisfaction, before finally casting the drug aside as a failed, even abusive, lover, a negligent spouse, a one-way ultimately doomed relationship. Her journey through heroin is a cerebral tale grounded in an exploration of emotional life. Throughout, her tone is ironic and searching and her alphabetical voyage provides an insight into the twilight world of drug addiction.

About Ann Marlowe

Ann Marlowe is a journalist who has written on rock, sex, film, books & drugs for, amongst others, Village Voice, LA Weekly & New York Times Book Review. She has a BA & a PHD in Philosophy from Harvard & an MBA from Columbia Business School. She has worked on Wall Street as a financial analyst & has been a management consultant. This is her first book.

Additional information

GOR003773196
9781860495427
1860495427
How to Stop Time: Heroin from A-Z by Ann Marlowe
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
19991007
303
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