Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
not a sacco sh*it
Tag: addiction
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
great prose-verse novel about nunavut in the 70s
John Barleycorn by Jack London
1914 memoir about alcoholism that oozes big denial
That Lonesome Valley by Melissa Lee-Houghton
some thoughts on a novel you should probably read
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
a dark, engaging, affecting read
LOST #TotNTV EPISODE: Lily Dunn
A Wild and Precious Life
Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story by D. T. Max
David Foster Wallace was a prick.
The Best of A Bad Situation by Jamie Thrasivoulou
Angry poetry from the badlands of the East Midlands.
Music & Literature No. 7
I get angry and confused because I’m repressed and have elitist interests
The Ladybird Book of The Hangover by J.A. Hazeley & J.P. Morris
Humour books about the bottle don’t sit right
Nicotine by Gregor Hens
If Gregor Hens can give up smoking, I can give up booze.
Ice by Anna Kavan
x, x, baby / you’re cold as x / didn’t have x cube so you bought vanilla x
Swinging the Maelstrom: A Critical Edition by Malcolm Lowry
Lunar Caustic is a lie.
Berg by Ann Quin
“Help me, help me,” I cry, “I’m too sober to read”.
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney
I’m bored of life, but this book’s a banger.
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr Fox is an ode to adventure capitalism. My life is an ode to wine.
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
I don’t know where this book came from. I know I bought it, I’m pretty certain I went out ofContinue Reading
Recovery by John Berryman
Long before James Frey was breaking Oprah Winfrey’s fragile heart by fictionalising his time in addiction therapy and the behaviourContinue Reading
So Sad Today: Personal Essays by Melissa Broder
I shouldn’t have read this. CONTEXT: I walk a tightrope, emotionally, one that has become longer and looser ever sinceContinue Reading
The Trip to Echo Spring by Olivia Laing
I’m an abyss filling up with regret and alcohol at equal measure, like a really wet martini.
Hip-Scott: Pass the Dostoevsky on the Left Hand Side
Please enjoy my hot new drag-hop video:
¡Tequila!: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico by Marie Sarita Gaytán
Marie Sarita Gaytán is an American academic (an Assistant Professor of Sociology) and ¡Tequila!: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico is anContinue Reading
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
The Vegetarian by Han Kang is an odd book. I bought it for myself on my mad, wild, Foyles birthdayContinue Reading
Malcolm Lowry: Psalms and Songs (edited by Margerie Lowry
Psalms and Songs is an odd book, a collection of short stories by Malcolm Lowry (some previously published, others unfinished),Continue Reading
The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson
Malcolm Lowry, secret hero of these blog posts, fell into a deep depression after the publication of Charles Jackson’s TheContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 