Books: Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man

Today, out author Bill Clegg releases his powerful and incredibly honest memoir Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, detailing his years of addiction to crack cocaine.

Of the book, author Michael Cunningham says, “Bill Clegg’s Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man stands up to Frederick Exley’s great memoir of alcoholism, A Fan’s Notes. . . . But really, forget comparisons. Read the book.”

See what the author himself has to say about the book in this YouTube clip.