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In the spring of 2007, a brilliant computer programmer named Hans Reiser stands accused of murdering his estranged wife, Nina. Despite a mountain of circumstantial evidence against him, he proclaims his innocence. The case takes a twist when Nina’s former lover, and Hans’s former best friend, Sean Sturgeon, confesses to eight unrelated murders that no one has ever heard of.
At the time of Sturgeon’s confession, Stephen Elliot is paralyzed by writer’s block, in the thrall of Adderall dependency, and despondent over the state of his romantic life. But he is fascinated by Sturgeon, whose path he has often crossed in San Francisco’s underground S&M scene. What kind of person, he wonders, confesses to a murder he likely did not commit? One answer is, perhaps, a man like Elliott’s own father.
So begins a riveting journey through a neon landscape of false confessions, self-medication, and torturous sex. Set against the backdrop of a nation at war, in the declining years of the Silicon Valley tech boom and the dawn of Paris Hilton’s celebrity, The Adderall Diaries is at once a gripping account of a murder trial and a scorching investigation of the self. Tough, tender, and unflinchingly honest, it is the breakout book by one of the most daring writers of his generation.
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Truth and denial merge inside and just beyond the courtroom for Elliott as he becomes intimately involved in one of Bay Area’s most famous recent murder cases. At its core, his new book is about the stories we tell ourselves in order to live.
Spellbinding!
Stephen has a way of writing about tragic events, unhappy and sometimes disturbing scenes in his childhood and later with S&M, and yet I found him to be vulnerable and likable and human. I empathized with him throughout the story, but it wasn’t forced, in fact it didn’t seem like he made an effort to provoke that in the reader. Stephen writes with amazing honesty about his life. I think that speaks to his writing ability and character.
It was hard for me to put the book down. It moved effortlessly. I almost wish I had savored the story more and spread it out over a longer period of time. I’m excited to read Happy Baby, which should be in the mail soon.
A Raw, Self-Examined Life
This is an unconventional and amazing book. What started out as a quest by the author to investigate a possible homicide turns into a memoir in which the author subjects himself and his past to a blistering examination. The writing is laced with intense events and realizations, and it’s quite an experience, but not for the timid of heart. This is very brave work, and I recommend it highly.
Great Read
A few weeks back I got an advance copy of Stephen Elliott’s new book, the Adderall Diaries. It’s a memoir about his own struggles with drug addiction, mixes in his difficult childhood, his love life (which is racey – adult audience only) and a Bay Area murder and trial. I can only imagine how difficult it was to write this book. He puts it all out there. I read it in one day, just couldn’t put it down. I reccomend the book whole-heartedly but you must be ok with graphic adult content. Great read and a cool book sharing program from an author I greatly respect.
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