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About the Author Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. Her first book, To the River, was published by Canongate to wide acclaim and shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Dolman Travel Book of the Year. She has been the deputy books editor of the Observer, and writes for The Guardian, New Statesman, and The Times Literary Supplement, among other publications. She is a MacDowell Fellow, and has received grants from the Arts Council and the Authors’ Foundation. She lives in Cambridge, England. A New York Times Notable Book of 2014A Time Magazine Notable Book of 2014Olivia Laings widely acclaimed account of how writers in the grip of alcoholism created some of the greatest works of American literatureIn The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and alcohol in the work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver. Captivating and highly original, The Trip to Echo Spring strips away the myth of the alcoholic writer to reveal the terrible price creativity can exert. Review “Most beguiling and incisive.” The New York Times“[A] charming and gusto-driven look at the alcoholic insanity of six famous writers…There is much to learn from Laings supple scholarship--and much to enjoy, too.” Lawrence Osborne, The New York Times Book Review“Exquisite . . . Laing, wisely, doesnt reach any one-size-fits-all conclusions about the bond between the pen and the bottle . . . A marvelous writer.” Maureen Corrigan, NPRs Fresh Air“Laing dives deep, plummeting into some of her subjects darkest impulses . . . The result is a multilayered biography that reads quick as fiction, and is teeming with fantastically melancholy details of the writers we thought we knew.” Lauren Viera, Chicago Tribune“[An] eccentric, impassioned, belle-lettristic, graceful and haunted book . . . [Laings] story has a rambling, daydream quality.” The Wall Street Journal“The Trip to Echo Spring is a rewarding book to wend your way through even if the writers Laing focuses on Cheever, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Raymond Carver and the American poet John Berryman--arent among your particular favorites. Laing writes a fluid, fertile nonfiction... Although Laing isnt an alcoholic herself, she alludes to several adult relationships blighted by the disease, and her second-hand understanding of it is manifestly detailed and deep...” Laura Miller, Salon“Laings writing is beautiful, her insights frequently surprising and powerful. The books greatest virtue, however, is that it positively swells with empathy.” Rosie Schaap, Slate“Olivia Laings book is an exploration of alcoholism in six 20th-century American writers...that dazzles in both the scope of its ambition and the depths it reaches in analyzing its subjects. Laing, through the lens of extensive research both into the writers biographies and into literature about alcoholism as a disease, paints these writers with a brush that renders them in new light....While there may be more uplifting books about writing and writers, few present the reader with such sobering realities about the downside to all those romantic, drunken nights in Paris or Key West.” Interview“Olivia Laing emerges as a kind of British Susan Orlean, combining nonfiction narrative, travel writing, literary criticism and a touch of memoir in a personable style....Her descriptions of the landscape she sees, the conversations she overhears and the people she runs into are sparkling....Without building to a specific point or climax, Laing keeps you on board through her journey...” Newsday“The Trip to Echo Spring...contains astute observations about addiction....Laing provides a remarkably cogent explanation of alcohols effects on the brain and emotions.” Tampa Bay Times“The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laings remarkable book about