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03257aam a2200349 i 4500 001 607F5FAC1BE411EA82BF083097128E48 003 SILO 005 20191211010111 008 190513t20192019oru 000 0aeng c 020 $a 1892061864 020 $a 9781892061867 035 $a (OCoLC)1101101810 040 $a NDD $b eng $e rda $c NDD $d YDX $d BDX $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 4 $a RC516 $b .R63 2019 100 1 $a Roberge, Rob, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004036008 245 10 $a Liar : $b a memoir / $c Rob Roberge. 264 1 $a Portland, Oregon : $b Future Tense Books, $c [2019] 300 $a 256 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "A darkly funny, intense memoir about mental illness, 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 the stories that lay at the heart of our self-conception really are. As Liar twists and turns through Roberge's life, it turns the familiar story of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll on its head. Blackly comic and brutally frank, it offers a remarkable portrait of a down and out existence cobbled together across the country, from musicians' crashpads around Boston, to seedy bars popular with sideshow freaks in Florida, to a painful moment of reckoning in the scorched Wonder Valley desert of California. As Roberge struggles to keep addiction and mental illness from destroying the good life he has built in his better moments, he is forced to acknowledge the increasingly blurred line between the lies we tell others and the lies we tell ourselves"-- $c Provided by publisher of hardcover edition. 520 $a "A middle-aged man finds out he may lose his memory and sets out to record his life of family strife, complicated personal relationships, and his substance abuse problems--faithfully and unfaithfully"-- $c Provided by original publisher. 600 10 $a Roberge, Rob $x Mental health. 650 0 $a Manic-depressive persons $z United States $v Biography. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010100446 650 0 $a Drug addicts $z United States $v Biography. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102444 650 0 $a Mental illness $x Treatment $z United States. 650 0 $a Drug abuse $x Treatment $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102427 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026047 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021011112.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=607F5FAC1BE411EA82BF083097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search