{"product_id":"hero-of-the-underground-a-memoir","title":"Hero of the Underground: A Memoir","description":"This New York Times bestselling gritty memoir Hero of the Underground offers a no-holds-barred look at the twisted underbelly of a seemingly perfect life. Jason Peter, an All-American football player, captain of the National Champion Nebraska Cornhuskers, first round NFL draft pick. . . and heroin addict.\n\nI wasn't afraid of death.\n\nHow could I be? I lived under death's shadow every day. When you swallow sixty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive, a certain sense of invulnerability stays with you.\n\nWhen you continually use drugs with the kind of reckless determination that I did, the limit to how much heroin or crack you can ingest is not defined by dollar amounts but by the amounts your body can withstand without experiencing a seizure or respiratory failure. . . .\n\nI found myself contemplating death again. Only this time I wasn't going to leave it to chance. I was going to buy a gun, load the thing, place the barrel in my mouth, and blow my fucking brains out.\n\n\"Had Hunter Thompson been a football player instead of a fan, this is the book he'd have written. Flat-out, mash-your-face-in-the-dirt amazing.\" ―Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0312561032\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0312561032.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Peter, Jason|O'Neill, Tony\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41747486867514,"sku":"DBV.0312561032.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0312561032-0.jpg?v=1791951031","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/hero-of-the-underground-a-memoir","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}