The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

AuthorCharles Jackson
GenreFiction, Novel
Original LanguageEnglish
First published1944
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NotesThe Lost Weekend is Charles Jackson's first novel, published in 1944. The story of a talented but alcoholic writer was praised for its powerful realism, closely reflecting the author’s own experience of alcoholism, from which he was temporarily cured. It served as the basis for a film adaptation by the same name in 1945.
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