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The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder Audiobook
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In this groundbreaking memoir, Stephen Elliott pursues parallel investigations: a gripping account of a notorious San Francisco murder trial, and an electric exploration of the self. Destined to be a classic, The Adderall Diaries was described by The Washington Post as " a serious literary work designed to make you see the world as you' ve never quite seen it before."
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“An endlessly fascinating memoir by a profoundly courageous writer…Despite the luridness of the subject matter, the author creates a refined, beautiful work of art. His themes—seemingly crime, murder, drugs, and sadomasochistic sex—actually encapsulate the nature of truth, self, love, and memory, and the limits of art to get at them all. Deserves a place on the shelf next to such classics of uninhibited American introspection as On the Road and A Fan’s Notes.”
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“The Adderall Diaries should be a lurid work…yet this is no potboiler, but a serious literary work designed to make you see the world as you’ve never quite seen it before.”
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“The Adderall Diaries is neither a Kerouac-like brag nor an Oprah-ready, James Frey–style record of suffering and recovery. Rather, it is its own weird hybrid, a painfully honest and meticulously crafted memoir wrapped around a true-crime story that gets to the very essence of its time and place.”
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“Elliott may be writing under the influence, but it’s the influence of genius.”
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“Elliott’s superb, sprawling meta-memoir might be just what the genre needs to salvage it from the legacy of James Frey.”
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“Searing…Elliott remains intently curious and utterly devoted to the healing alchemy of clear, lacerating language…With astute insights into anger, despair, drug use, sadomasochism, and the elusiveness of love and justice, Elliott is a poet of pain.”
— Booklist
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About Stephen Elliott
Stephen Elliott is the author of several
books, including Happy Baby, a
finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. He is also the
founding editor of the online culture magazine The Rumpus.
About Jason Butler Harner
Jason Butler Harner is an American actor. He has appeared on stage in a number of prestigious theater productions and has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Law & Order, The Closer, Fringe, The Good Wife, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. His film credits include The Good Shepherd, Changeling, Kill the Irishman, and The Green, among others.