Cocaines Son, Dave Itzkoff
Cocaines Son, Dave Itzkoff
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Cocaine's Son
A Memoir

Author: Dave Itzkoff

Narrator: Mark Turetsky

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/18/2011

Synopsis

New York Times journalist David Itzkoff crafts a powerful, remarkably honest memoir that no reader will ever forget. Growing up, David understood his father to be a trusted ally and confidant-a man who always had some hard-won wisdom to share. But he was also a junkie. As David grew older, he fell into the same trap, until he and his father hit the road in search of their "morning after." "A memoir can be great for many reasons, but one quality matters more than all the others-brutal, uncomfortable honesty."-Chuck Klosterman

About Dave Itzkoff

Dave Itzkoff is the author of Mad as Hell, Cocaine’s Son, and Lads. He is a culture reporter at The New York Times, where he writes regularly about film, television, theater, music, and popular culture. He previously worked at Spin, Maxim, and Details, and his work has appeared in GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, and other publications. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle

Um, alright. I am not really sure how to review this book. Allegedly it’s about a boy “coming of age” under the specter of his father’s cocaine addiction. First of all, he’s in college by page 44 so it’s not really a childhood story. Also, for the first half of the book, you could replace “getting h......more

Goodreads review by Rick

I so wanted to like this book. After all, I'm a big fan of stories of recovery and redemption and one of my guilty TV pleasures is the A&E show, INTERVENTION. But the book was a disappointment from the very beginning. For a topic so freighted with the potential for drama (a childhood shadowed by the......more

Goodreads review by Arwen

Yeah... I'm not sure what I'd say about the book. It was interesting, to say the least. The beginning was okay, but then the middle and the end was a whole mess that I did not understand one bit. There was a lot happening, and once I finished I literally didn't understand one thing.......more

Goodreads review by Lewis

tragic and hilarious I loved the book although I could easily get lost in his tsunamis of anger and sadness. He is brilliant in his word choices particularly if one comes from a family, (as most of us do,) of mortifying, broken members.......more

Goodreads review by Harley

This was a hard book to finish. It started off strong, but felt utterly pointless in the middle. I don't know why I finished this book.........more

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