A searing confessional infused with the darkest humor, Permanent Midnight chronicles the opiated abyss of a Hollywood screenwriter and his formidable climb into sobriety.

Made into a major motion picture starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, Permanent Midnight is revered by critics and an ever-growing cult of devoted readers as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.

"Jerry Stahl is one hell of a writer. A harrowing, brave, sordid, and - dare I say this - corrosively entertaining book. A raucous and tender act of writing, of testifying." - Barry Yourgrau, The Sadness of Sex

"With Permanent Midnight, Jerry Stahl has arrived at what Nelson Algren once referred to as 'achieved innocence'. Stahl's book is a hilarious, crazed chronicle of the nightmarish world of the junky. Indelible, indecent, sparkling with insight and more fun than a barrel of monkeys on your back." - Kinky Friedman, Armadillos and Old Lac

Both the book and DVD have been signed by author Jerry Stahl