Whiskey Boys: And Other Meditations from the Abyss at the End of Youth

By Phillip Hurst

Book Overview

Winner of the 2021 Monadnock Essay Collection Prize

Whiskey Boys: And Other Meditations from the Abyss at the End of Youth is a lively collection of literary essays about bars, booze, and traveling the American West. The book follows the author from small-town Illinois to the West Coast after he abandons a legal career to pursue writing. Much of the narrative concerns growing up and what's gained and lost with maturity, while considering the challenges of living as a writer in a culture that's skeptical of the creative arts. Other threads include travel, wanderlust, the psychological effect of place, and mortality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872333574
• ISBN13: 9780872333574
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Bauhan Pub
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"