Babble On, Andrew Brobyn
Babble On, Andrew Brobyn
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Babble On
A Drug Memoir

Author: Andrew Brobyn

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/13/2022


Synopsis

A mid-level drug trafficker and self-proclaimed low-life with a big vocabulary comes to terms with his actions and his mental health.

Andrew Brobyn's relationship was in shambles before he took the terrible acid that sent him on an almost decade-long journey seeking redemption. His immediate plans following university were to liquidate his illicit assets, sell his client list, pack up shop, and retire to his parents' home in Toronto, while he figured out what to do with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a quarter million in cash. As his drug use and bipolar disorder spiral, his situation gets stranger and stranger, taking him from his university campus to strip clubs, psych wards, and the slammer.

Equal parts hilarious and terrifying, Babble On is a psycho-philosophical memoir that tracks Brobyn as he navigates the consequences of his eccentric choices and struggles with profound ambivalence toward his own health and well-being.

About Andrew Brobyn

Andrew Brobyn is a poet and memoirist. His experiences involving mental health and addiction issues are a major focus of his writing. He lives in Toronto.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kim on August 11, 2022

In this memoir, Brobyn gives us candid insight into the past decade of his life. Through his journey navigating his mental health, drug use, and overall chaotic behaviour, this memoir is truly equal parts hilarious and terrifying as described. Although beautifully written, some parts of this book ge......more

Goodreads review by D on July 07, 2022

I read an advanced copy of this memoir. It’s beautifully written, alarming, frustrating, hilarious, bleak but still hopeful. With a poet’s eye, Brobyn takes us on a magical mystery tour of poor choices, hedonism, psychedelia, prison, and mental health wards. This book disturbed me, confused me, made......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on September 06, 2022

I found this book to be absolutely riveting. The author's voice is so unique....the quality of his prose and the power of his imagery stopped me in my tracks. Couldn't put it down.......more

Goodreads review by Erica on August 11, 2022

This is a book that lives in its own category. It was a challenge for me to describe it in the way it deserves. "You'll probably notice that the timeline and tenses in this book are all f***ed up and can be a little disorienting." That's how I felt reading this book - disoriented. The story jumps thro......more

Goodreads review by Tasha on October 02, 2022

This book is not just for psychedelia-minded readers. Brobyn's memoir is a total page turner, packed with prose that is absurdly clever without ever feeling overwritten or pretentious. It opens with the acid trip that lands Brobyn in handcuffs and Wonkavators backward and forward, up and down, cover......more