What Did I Do Last Night?: A Drunkard's Tale

Sykes, Tom

ISBN 10: 1594864632 / ISBN 13: 9781594864636

Published by Rodale Books, 2006

Seller Inventory # 1594864632-VB

Synopsis:

When Tom Sykes landed his dream job as the New York Post's bar columnist and nightlife reporter, he turned his long-standing drinking problem into a vocation. His memoir is a funny, thrilling, and ruthlessly honest exhumation of his drinking life and a candid account of his first 90 days without alcohol

Tom traces his alcoholism back to his British boyhood at Eton College, England's oldest and most exclusive boarding school, where the boys had to wear tail suits to class and there was a school pub. He delves into his aristocratic family's well-documented fondness for the bottle and covers his own drinking apprenticeship as a trainee journalist on London's famously alcohol-sodden newspapers.

Whether he is getting arrested for drunk driving at the age of 15, climbing naked into his friends' and colleagues' beds, or simply trying to file an emergency front-page update while reeling from a cocktail of Ecstacy and magic mushrooms, Tom takes the reader on an addictive journey into the insanity of intoxication—all too often followed by a mossy tongue, a dull headache, and one burning question: "What the hell did I do last night?"

About the Author:

TOM SYKES is a freelance writer for magazines such as Men's Health, Best Life, and British GQ, as well as a bar columnist and contributor to "Page Six" for the New York Post. He currently resides in New York City.

Bibliographic Details

Title: What Did I Do Last Night?: A Drunkard's Tale
Publisher: Rodale Books
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: hardcover
Condition: As New