My Thoughts on Permanent Midnight
by Jerry Stahl
- an autobiography of alf and porno mag writer and la aficionado jerry stahl
- i wanted to like this book i really did
- i got the suggestion to read it from the netflix show loudermilk
- which the writers team took it upon itself to drop a few pop culture references per episodes like family guy
- i still have yet to watch the ben stiller movie, which may redeem the book
- some of jerry stahl's stories are very funny, some very sad and gritty
- his stories about his sex life are vivid (see example quote at the very bottom of this post for a great example of "show don't tell")
- overall it was repetitive, and there was a lot of whiplash moving from event to event
- quite impressive that he was able to live a long life filled withe events in spite of (or perhaps because of) his heroin addiction
- there's a lot you can learn about a person from the medicine cabinet in their bathroom