The Lost Weekend
by Charles R. Jacksonliterary work· published 1944
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The Lost Weekend is Charles R. Jackson's first novel, published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1944. The story of a talented but alcoholic writer was praised for its powerful realism, closely reflecting the author’s own experience of alcoholism, from which he was temporarily cured. It served as the basis for the classic 1945 Oscar winning film adaptation.
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The Lost Weekend was adapted into a 1945 film.
The Lost Weekend1945 · film · 101 min · dir. Billy Wilder · IMDb ↗IMDb7.997%Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
