Charles Jackson – The Lost Weekend – First Edition 1945
£185.00
A first edition of ‘The Lost Weekend’ published by The Bodley Head in 1945. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper.
A harrowing psychological novel about alcoholism and self-destruction. It follows Don Birnam over a four-day drinking binge in New York, charting craving, denial, and despair with unsparing honesty. The novel rejects romantic notions of addiction, portraying it as degrading and obsessive. Jackson’s clinical yet compassionate style gives the book lasting power as both a social critique and an intimate study of compulsion.
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A first edition of ‘The Lost Weekend’ published by The Bodley Head in 1945. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper.
A harrowing psychological novel about alcoholism and self-destruction. It follows Don Birnam over a four-day drinking binge in New York, charting craving, denial, and despair with unsparing honesty. The novel rejects romantic notions of addiction, portraying it as degrading and obsessive. Jackson’s clinical yet compassionate style gives the book lasting power as both a social critique and an intimate study of compulsion.
