Life's Work

Life's Work is a profound memoir about a brilliant mind, the creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue, reflecting on his tumultuous life. Milch's story is driven by insatiable creative energy and a matching penchant for self-destruction, including betting on racehorses and stealing booze at eight years old, getting expelled from Yale Law School, and losing his fortune betting horses. This memoir explores how chance encounters, self-deception, and luck shape the people we become and what it means to have felt and caused pain, even with those we love. It is a master class on Milch's unique creative process, and a distinctive, revelatory memoir from one of America's great writers.