What Did I Do Last Night?: A Drunkard's Tale
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0091916550 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"What Did I Do Last Night?" is the sad, funny and brutally honest tale of his descent into uncontrollable excess.. Tom treated Manhattan as his Martini, until one day - hungover and alone - he realised he was totally out of his depth and, what's more, he didn't even care. Having first run amok in London, it was landing the seemingly plum job of nightlife columnist at the "New York Post" that saw his life spiral completely out of control. Initially it was to escape the drudge of school and the distress of his rapidly disintegrating family, but as
"Fast, funny and at times stupefyingly honest" GQ "Honest, funny, moving" Daily Express "Car-crash literature But his honesty in the telling of it, not to mention the treatment of the brutal truths of addiction and recovery, make this required reading" Daily Express "I really enjoyed this book. But I think the best thing of all is the way it shows how addiction can be the result of hiding from emotions" -- William Leith Evening Standard "Every now and then a writer like Tom Sykes shares his tales of wild excess, leaving out the moralising and self-pity, and you remember how fun the genre can be You can't help feeling a measure of admiration for his dedication to hedonism. I liked the drinking stories, and I liked the snowballing sense of shame and horror. And he does have some great stories" Independent on Sunday
A peek into a dysfunctional lifebut did he sugar coat his recovery? What confused me about this book is how easily the main character was able to overcome his addiction. For the whole book it portrays him as a completely out of control alcoholic and drug addict, which he was - but it seems that as soon as he starts going to AA, he is able to completely leave behind his old life. That really threw me. I can't help but think that
Tom is a freelance writer for magazine's such as Men's Health, Best Life and GQ. . He is currently based in the West of Ireland but visits his native UK regularly. He trained as journalist at the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard and then moved to New York, where he became the bar columnist at the New York Post