Liar: A Memoir

✍ Scribed by Roberge, Rob

• Book ID: 109239551
• Publisher: Crown/Archetype
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 507 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A darkly funny, intense memoir of addiction and mental illness, relapse and recovery, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist.

When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. In a desperate attempt to preserve his identity, he sets out to (somewhat faithfully) record the most formative moments of his life--ranging from the brutal murder of his childhood girlfriend, to a diagnosis of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, to opening for famed indie band Yo La Tengo at The Fillmore in San Francisco. But the process of trying to remember his past only exposes just how fragile are the stories that lay at the heart of our self-conception.

As Liar twists and turns through Roberge's life, it turns the familiar story of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll on its head. Darkly comic and brutally...