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Permanent MidnightJerry Stahl
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Permanent Midnight

384 pagesFirst published 19957 editions
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Permanent Midnight is not just the story of how success destroyed Jerry Stahl, but how Stahl destroyed his own success. Starting life as the prototypical "middle-class kid," he endured his father's early death, his mother's descent into major depression, and life on his own from the age of sixteen. In spite of his own bad habits, he penetrated the far-flung, sometimes exotic worlds of magazines, movies, pornography, and television. His byline appeared everywhere from Esquire and Playboy to L.A. Style, Hustler, and The Village Voice, while he penned scripts for twisted cult film classics like…

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Editions

7 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2005
    Process · 371 pages · 9780976082200
  • Paperback · English · 1996
    ABACUS · 384 pages · 9780349107202
  • Other · English · 2015
    Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book · 436 pages · 9781942600053
  • Other · English · 2001
    Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 384 pages · 9780349111902
  • Other · English · 1998
    Warner Books · 384 pages · 9780446607261
  • Other · English · 1997
    Warner Books · 384 pages · 9780446672184
Drug addictsJournalistsBiographyTelevision writersAuthors, biographyAuthors, americanJournalists, united states