How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z
by Ann Marlowe
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In a coolly dispassionate voice, Ann Marlowe has created a mock dictionary in order to dissect her addiction to - and her eventual rejection of - heroin. Each entry, varying from the anecdotal to the analytical, describes the allure and the degradation of the drug, set against the story of her own life. Without glamorizing it, she explores the seduction of the drug and honestly reveals heroin's temporary deep satisfaction, before finally casting the drug aside as a failed, even abusive, show more lover, a negligent spouse, a one-way ultimately doomed relationship. Her journey through heroin is a cerebral tale grounded in an exploration of emotional life. Throughout, her tone is ironic and searching and her alphabetical voyage provides an insight into the twilight world of drug addiction. show lessTags
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Ann Marlowe is a New York writer and critic who has written on music, books , and culture for The Village Voice, LA Weekly, Artforum, and Bookforum. She lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- 362.293 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare Mental illness Substance abuse Narcotics - Heroin, Opium
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- HV5822 .H4 .M326 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Drug habits. Drug abuse
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