The Lost Weekend

None of this mattered, there was only one truth: You were drinking, and it was killing you. Why? Because you couldn't handle alcohol, alcohol had gotten the better of you. Why? Because you had reached a point where one drink was too much and a hundred were not enough.

The Lost Weekend is the story of a man struggling in the swamp of alcohol, and the more he struggles, the deeper he sinks. Charles Jackson tells the story of the helplessness brought on by addiction and the “pride” of the addict in the person of Don Birnam, who escapes his brother and goes on a drinking spree alone in the city for five days. In this daring and honest novel, we witness not only a drunkard but also an “ideal” man confronting realities that he would have difficulty digesting and sometimes choosing not to confront and deceiving himself.

Considered the author’s most important work and bearing deep traces of his life, The Lost Weekend attracted great attention as soon as it was published and was adapted for the big screen by Billy Wilder with the same name.

“So striking and realistic that readers will remain glued to their seats until the end. (...) A mystery story, a horror story, a story that reveals the power that motivates people; a journey into fear, into the abyss.”

-Saturday Review of Literature-

(From the Promotion Bulletin)

Dough Type : 2. Pulp

Number of Pages : 288

Size : 14x21

First Printing Year : 2017

Number of Printing : 1st Edition

Media Type : Paperback