The Black Pool: A Memoir of Forgetting by Tim MacGabhann - Non Fiction - Hardback

Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781399728232
Publisher: Sceptre
Age Range: Adult (18+)

Overview:
The Black Pool: A Memoir of Forgetting is Tim MacGabhann's raw and unflinching account of addiction and recovery, tracing an obsessive mind across three continents and multiple drugs, from a Kilkenny childhood through adulthood in Mexico City. Praised for its dark humour and searing honesty, this brand-new hardback memoir is a gripping, immersive read for anyone drawn to powerful true-life stories of struggle, survival, and the fragile hope of serenity found on the other side of rock bottom.

About the Book:
Tim MacGabhann built a career as a journalist reporting from across Latin America while quietly unravelling into addiction. The Black Pool is the memoir he never expected to write: a shattering, often darkly funny excavation of the years he spent chasing oblivion through drink and drugs, moving between Ireland, the UK, and Mexico City. Rather than a tidy redemption arc, this is a memoir shot through with holes, gaps, and shocking flashes of clarity, mirroring the way memory itself fractures under the weight of addiction. MacGabhann traces the roots of his illness back through failed relationships, reckless work, youthful mistakes, and childhood wounds, showing with compassion and brutal self-honesty all the wrong places an addict searches for transcendence. Critics have called it a vibrant, darkly humorous, and unflinchingly honest account that builds towards something resembling serenity by its close. It is a book about forgetting, and about the long, halting work of remembering enough to survive. For readers of literary addiction memoirs, this is a standout new voice: visceral, intelligent, and impossible to put down.

• Brand-new hardback edition, perfect for gifting or your own collection
• A raw, literary memoir of addiction and recovery across three continents
• Praised by critics as darkly humorous, gripping, and unflinchingly honest
• Written by an acclaimed Irish journalist and novelist with first-hand insight
• A powerful read for fans of literary memoirs and true stories of survival
• Ideal for readers who loved memoirs of addiction and self-discovery

About the Author:
Tim MacGabhann is an Irish writer born in Kilkenny, who began his career as a music journalist while studying English Literature and French at Trinity College, Dublin. Since 2013 he has reported from across Latin America for outlets including Esquire, Thomson Reuters, Al Jazeera, and the Washington Post. He is the author of two acclaimed novels, Call Him Mine and How to Be Nowhere, and his fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in The Stinging Fly, the Dublin Review, and other literary journals. He divides his time between the UK and Mexico City. The Black Pool is his first memoir.

Why You'll Love This Memoir:
Searing, intelligent, and unexpectedly funny, The Black Pool offers a genuinely fresh take on the addiction memoir, told with a journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's ear for language. A must-read hardback for fans of honest, powerful true stories.

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