The million-rand teaspoon is a true story, told by several narrators, of a young man's descent into drug addiction, a serious overdose that left him blind and brain-damaged, and his struggle to recover over the next nine years. Written entirely in the first person, Paul Bateman's story is narrated by him in some chapters, and, in others, by various members of his family, his ex-girlfriend, and a woman who was involved in his protracted but only ever partial recovery. The title is divided into two parts - the first covering ...
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The million-rand teaspoon is a true story, told by several narrators, of a young man's descent into drug addiction, a serious overdose that left him blind and brain-damaged, and his struggle to recover over the next nine years. Written entirely in the first person, Paul Bateman's story is narrated by him in some chapters, and, in others, by various members of his family, his ex-girlfriend, and a woman who was involved in his protracted but only ever partial recovery. The title is divided into two parts - the first covering Paul's years of addiction and the second detailing his struggle to regain some kind of life up until the present. The title refers to Paul's father's recollection of finding only a teaspoon in his son's otherwise denuded flat (Paul had sold everything else, but kept the teaspoon to cook up drugs). The spoon came to symbolise for him the years of struggling with Paul's addiction, and the financial cost of that struggle.
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Add this copy of The Million-Rand Teaspoon: a True Story of Addiction to cart. $54.00, good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2006 by Zebra Press an imprint of Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd.
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Good. Size: 6x0x9; Publication of 219 pages. The wraps are a touch edge worn and marks mainly on the early and last few pages. There is foxing on the block of the book. The text remains legible. The binding is excellent. GK.
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Very Good. Signed by previous owner. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and edge worn. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK[RF28]
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