I Am Not Myself These Days. A Memoir

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Josh Kilmer-Purcell's bestselling memoir, now a Harper Perennial Olive Edition, follows his gutter-to-the-glitter journey through Manhattan's dark underbelly, a shocking and surreal world where alter egos reign and subsist (if barely) on dark wit and harsh chemicals, and Kilmer-Purcell's captivatingly recounted recollections reveal a tragic romantic comedy. One begins by rooting for the survival of a relationship, and ends hoping someone simply survives. Kilmer-Purcell's cunning narrative straddles the divide between absurdity and normalcy, stitching them together with surprising humor and lonely poignancy.