Pour Me: A Life
Shortlisted for the 2016 Pen Ackerley Prize
"An intense, succulent read that's intermittently dazzling" The Times
"A superb memoir - and one of the best books on addiction I have ever read" Evening Standard
A. A. Gill's memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. He recalls the lost days, lost friends, failed marriages... But there was also an 'optimum inebriation, a time when it was all golden'.
Sobriety regained, there are painterly descriptions of people and places, unforgettable musings about childhood and family, art and religion; and most movingly, the connections between his cooking, dyslexia and his missing brother.
Full of raw and unvarnished truths, exquisitely written throughout, 'Pour Me' is about lost time and self-discovery. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon.
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 256 |
| Publication Date | 17 Nov 2016 |
| Author | Gill, A. A. |