Time Magazine Editor Releases Candid Memoir

In bookstores today: The Gilded Razor, by Sam Lansky.

GildedRazorCoverNot too long ago, Sam Lansky carried a crack pipe in his pocket, a bag of crystal meth in his wallet and worked briefly as a paid escort. Today, he’s the clean and sober deputy culture editor at Time magazine.

With a life trajectory like that, it’s easy to understand why a publisher agreed to publish the memoir of a 27-year-old. The Gilded Razor is out today. From Sherryl Connelly’s recent preview piece in the New York Daily News:

It was his [Dwight School pal Jesse] – all names have been changed – who did him a real solid, introducing him to a doctor supposedly recommended by the school.

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