{"product_id":"pour-me","title":"Pour Me","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An intense, succulent read that''s intermittently dazzling'' THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e''Chilling, exquisitely moving'' DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e''A superb memoir - and one of the best books on addiction I have ever read'' EVENING STANDARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA. A. Gill''s memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. He recalls the lost days, lost friends, failed marriages ... But there was also an ''optimum inebriation, a time when it was all golden''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSobriety regained, there are painterly descriptions of people and places, unforgettable musings about childhood and family, art and religion; and most movingly, the connections between his cooking, dyslexia and his missing brother. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of raw and unvarnished truths, exquisitely written throughout, POUR ME is about lost time and self-discovery. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon.","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56826249445711,"sku":"9781780226439","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781780226439_1-pour-me.jpg?v=1768538042","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/pour-me","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}