Mechanisms of DNA damage and repair Book

Some time ago I kept reading of this book in essays about the great writers of the 20th century; Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O'Neil, and Faulkner. They were all alcoholics and Fitzgerald and Hemingway died from it. O'Neil conquered his through willpower and Faulkner kept falling down drunk and getting up after a while. He lived long enough to become an old man and receive the Nobel prize. A few years ago I went to his house in Oxford, Mississippi and wondered what the sweet young graduate students who minded the house would have thought about their master after witnessing a binge with sound and fury. (Faulkner's daughter wanted nothing to do with the house when it came to her as an heir. Wonder what she saw and endured?) Whatever, the book by Dardis is lovely; written by a writer, it lays out the medicine of alcoholism along side the story of these giants. As I remember his theory it is that these writers peaked in output and quality and then declined to the extent that alcohol took control of their cell bodies. Yes, the argument is biochemical and quite well made. I think all English departments should assign the book for freshman English classes. My ex-wife, an English professor, gave my copy to a graduate student, who never returned it. Thanks so much.