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Cocaine's Son: A Memoir Audiobook
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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
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"Very good book, but felt like it glossed over his own drug use a bit in terms of taking responsibility for it. How did that part end? Did he keep using casually? That was left hanging. Good job of describing the push/pull of the father-son relationship marred by drug abuse. "
— Sara (4 out of 5 stars)
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A memoir can be great for many reasons, but one quality matters more than all the others—brutal, uncomfortable honesty.
— Chuck Klosterman
Cocaine's Son Listener Reviews
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" I couldn't finish it. Although the prose is sometimes very beautiful, the story is so melodrmatic and self-serving that I couldn't finish it. "
— Micaela, 6/17/2011 -
" audio -- a tale of father and son using cocaine in its hayday. "
— Irene, 6/14/2011 -
" i probably would have liked this better if they said it was a coming of the age book about a son with a hard relatonship with his father. they made it sound like it was going to be about his father horrible addiction. it wasn't. "
— Krista, 5/4/2011 -
" I wanted to give this memoir a chance, but I really don't like memoirs. So, I put it down and called it a day. I have first hand experience with dealing with an addict, and this book just wasn't compelling enough to venture into, I guess. "
— Shelley, 2/24/2011 -
" A good beginning, but after that, too disjointed. "
— Michelle, 2/20/2011 -
" I don't get it - this book was not interesting at all - he should've just written this and gave it to his Dad - I do not recommend it! "
— Donna, 2/6/2011 -
" A very easy read. I found the author to be very honest and straight forward in his recollections instead of embellishing and exaggerating the facts the way many authors do. (I won the book on Goodreads) "
— Amanda, 12/20/2010
About the Authors
Dave Itzkoff is author of Robin, 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 has previously worked at Spin, Maxim, and Details, and his work has appeared in GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, and other publications.
Dave Itzkoff is the author of Lads and Cocaine’s Son: A Memoir. He is a reporter at the New York Times and the lead contributor to its popular ArtsBeat blog; he has also written for GQ, Vanity Fair, Details, Wired, Elle, Spin, New York magazine, and the New York Times Book Review.
About Mark Turetsky
Mark Turetsky is an award-winning audiobook narrator and voice-over artist living in Brooklyn. In addition to audiobooks, he has voiced numerous commercials, video games, and online presentations. Turetsky is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and holds a minor in English and American Literature. He was an AudioFile Best Voice for 2010 and 2013.