"Night Of The Gun" By: David Carr

     So I just these past few nights have really been able to finally dig into this book although its been sitting purposelessly in the bottom of my back pack the last week and a half... Any how, it was worth finally cracking into! The book is called The Night Of The Gun and was written by New York Times reporter David Carr,  It is a memoir of his own career and spiral into his on going drug addiction. The beginning of the book starts by explaining the ultimate mystery which the whole book entirely evolves around and gradually builds up to. Basically, not to spoil the plot, in the midst of his drug addiction, a dangerous event occurs which Carr can not remember due to his drug intoxication.  

     After interviewing 60 of his old friends and some deep recollection, Carr puts together the most factual and multi-perspected memoir his memory will allow. Overall, it is a great book and very fun to read.  It is interesting in the way the book was written because it was comprised of 60 interviews of people who were once close to David, which in tern allows the reader to have various perspectives of the author.  At times, I see David as an intelligent American living the dream and at other times a savage drunk.  He almost reminds me of  Lindsey Lohan or something... =) A line that really stuck with me was,"People remember what they can live with more often than how they lived."  In this line, Carr is justifying his absence of memory by explaining that people often pick apart the meat from the bone of reality in order to protect their ego and what not.  I like this quote because it is the general theme of the book and it goes hand-in-hand with the other sub themes, including: self denial, addiction, and self worth. Great book, can't wait to read more!