Gonzo Neurotic : The Best (and Not So Best) of Jerry Stahl

Before Permanent Midnight made Jerry Stahl famous, he had already built a singular career reporting from America's psychic gutters and cultural sideshows. In Gonzo Neurotic, he collects the wild, incisive journalism that made his name, threaded with new reflections on addiction, fatherhood, Jewish identity, Hollywood, and survival. Spanning five decades, the book hurtles from porn sets and televangelists to beauty pageants, cult erotica, ALF, and the warped afterglow of fame. The result is a sharp, darkly funny reckoning with a half-century of personal and cultural upheaval.