Sick Friends

Gold, Ivan

Literature & Fiction

Weidenfeld Nicolson Ltd

Over the course of a 1976 weekend that shocks him out of a lifetime of drinking, jolting confrontations with family, strangers, and friends, as well as with his own memory, make Jason Sams begin to find what is meaningful in life

Sams In A Dry Season

United States

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Nickel Miseries

The Viking Press

Two decades after writing the acclaimed Nickel Miseries and Sick Friends, Ivan Gold has broken his silence and produced a novel which brings back the character Jason Sams. Combining fiction and memoir about triumph over the blackness of alcoholism, Sams in a Dry Season tracks Jason as he drowns in liquor and then, after several eye-opening experiences, puts down the bottle for good.

Sams in a Dry Season: Sams in a Dry Season

Contemporary

GALLERY BOOKS

Ivan Gold's first novel, re-released to accompany his triumphant return with Sams in a Dry Season. Introducing Jason Sams, a New York playboy and author, Sick Friends draws fictional and real experience into a story full of "wit, imagination, verbal ingenuity, and frankness" (Playboy).

Humor & Satire

Ivan Gold's acclaimed first book, published in 1963, re-released to coincide with his new novel, Sams in a Dry Season. Representing American writing at its best, Nickel Miseries is a collection of two novellas and three short stories.

Nickel Miseries: A Collection

Washington Square Pr

E.P.Dutton

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