Jerry Stahl's seminal memoir of drug addiction and a career in Hollywood, "Permanent Midnight" is a classic along the lines of Hubert Selby, Jr.'s "Last Exit to Brooklyn." Illuminating the self-loathing and self-destruction of an addict's inner life, "Permanent Midnight" follows Stahl through the dregs of addiction and into sobriety. In 1998, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Maria Bello starred in a film version of "Permanent Midnight" to much acclaim.