Under the influence
Subtitle: the literature of addiction
By: edited by Rebecca Shannonhouse ; foreword by Pete Hamill.
Contributors: Shannonhouse, Rebecca.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Drug abuse -- Literary collections.; Drug abuse.
Genres: Literary collections.
Description: "Under the Influence offers classic selections from fiction, memoirs, and essays by authors such as Tolstoy, Cheever, Parker, and Poe. Also included are topical gems that illuminate changing public perceptions about people consumed by excessive use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco over the past two centuries.

Recent provocative works by Abraham Verghese, the Barthelme brothers, Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, and others expand and modernize the definition of addiction to include sex, gambling, and food, Together, these incomparable writings give shape and meaning to the raw experience of uncontrollable urges."--BOOK JACKET.