THE NIGHT OF THE GUN

Author and NEW YORK TIMES journalist David Carr opens up to reveal his drug-addicted past in a memoir that will surprise those who know a different side of him through his newspaper columns. Rather than divulging his life story in one fell swoop, Carr opts to subject himself to his own investigative journalism to gain a better understanding of his earlier troubled life. Narrator Charles Leggett delivers a simmering performance. His unabashed tone is revealing to no end, almost as if he is being interrogated and has nothing left to lose. The shock value of Carr’s story is all the more effective because of Leggett's believable performance. L.B. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2009]