Author: David Carr
David Carr is New York Time's Media and culture reporter and columnist. He has spent many years at New York Times writing about range of topics from the crisis journalism industry faced to genocides in parts of the world and from light talk on culture to the persistence of email. Every writing by him is a treat for reader. The flow and eloquence he brings into writing is of his own and has been praised by critics. Very few of his readers know that he was once a binge drinker who almost ruined his life and of his siblings and kids. David Carr's story is fascinating and inspiration that how one can rise from ashes and despair. He has written an autobiography titled; \"The night of the gun\" which spans almost all his life as reporter at weekly magazine and community paper and as cocaine addict and binge drinker and as single parent of twins and finally his job at New York Times.
作者大衛(wèi)·凱爾是紐約時報的記者和專欄作家,他多年來寫過的話題十分廣泛,從記者行業(yè)所面臨的危機(jī),世界某些地區(qū)的大屠殺,到比如文化和電子郵件的泛濫等輕松話題。他幾乎每一本書都為讀者所追捧。但是很少有讀者知道他曾經(jīng)的酗酒經(jīng)歷,那段經(jīng)歷幾乎毀掉了他、他的姊妹以及他的孩子的生活。這本自傳幾乎涵蓋了他的一生,包括在周刊雜志和社區(qū)報紙做記者,吸食海洛因,酗酒,獨(dú)自照顧一對雙胞胎及目前在紐約時報工作的經(jīng)歷。