Jerry Stahl's seminal memoir of drug addiction and a career in
Hollywood, Permanent Midnight is a classic along the lines of Hubert
Selby, Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn. Illuminating the self-loathing and
self-destruction of an addict's inner life, Permanent Midnight follows
Stahl through the dregs of addiction and into sobriety. In 1998, Ben
Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Maria Bello starred in a film version of
Permanent Midnight to much acclaim. Nic Sheff, author of Tweak,
writes the introduction to this edition.