Description
In 1930s Manhattan, Don Birnam—an aspiring writer and a man at war with his own cravings—tries to endure a single long weekend that quickly spirals into a five-day binge. As he moves through the city’s bars, streets, and private humiliations, his attempts to stay afloat reveal the brutal logic of addiction: each promise of control becomes another step deeper into collapse. Told with stark immediacy and psychological intensity, the novel traces the themes of self-deception, moral disintegration, and the thin, fragile line between survival and ruin. Charles Jackson’s hard-edged, unsentimental style makes this a gripping, tragic portrait of alcoholism’s grip—unflinching in its realism and unforgettable in its emotional force.
Available Editions
paperback
R. Bentley
Published Jan 1, 1979
244 pages
ISBN: 0837604303
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Details
First Published
1944
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson.