About the book: 2008 / "Eternal Midnight" is a furiously dynamic and painfully funny confession of a Zen master of self-destruction. It more than deserves its place alongside such classics as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Naked Lunch. As Stahl reminds us, life is a temporary endeavor. He, like no one else, illustrates the proverb “it would be funny if it weren’t so sad.” "Eternal Midnight" - both.