Former abuser looks at period of wreckage

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• Memoir traces David Carr's rise from cocaine addict to media columnist
  
• "The Night of the Gun" retraces Carr's life as he couldn't trust his own memory
  
• Carr interviewed about 60 people and worked on book for three years
  
• "It helped me remember, helped me look in on the wreckage of my past," Carr says
  
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