pstrongemRob Roberge's acclaimed memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, finally out in paperback.emstrongpp ppstrongemWhen Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. In a desperate attempt to preserve his identity, he sets out to record the most formative moments of his life--ranging from the brutal murder of his childhood girlfriend to a diagnosis of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder. emstrongpp ppstrongemAs Liar twists and turns through Roberge's life, it turns the familiar story of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll on its head. Darkly funny and brutally frank, it offers a remarkable portrait of a down and out existence cobbled together across the country, from musicians' crashpads around Boston, to seedy bars popular with sideshow freaks in Florida, to a painful moment of reckoning in the scorched Wonder Valley dese