Article: A RECONSTRUCTED LIFE; New York Times columnist David Carr recalls his wild years in Minnesota in a memoir that's getting critical acclaim -- along with questions from some who were along for the ride.(VARIETY)

Byline: MIKE KASZUBA; STAFF WRITER

David Carr was flying high over the Minnesota State Fair -- literally and figuratively -- as he snorted cocaine in the Sky Ride en route to an interview with then-U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz. That's what Sarah Janecek, a Boschwitz aide at the time and a longtime Carr friend, recalled from that day more than two decades ago as she accompanied Carr.

"Rudy was completely oblivious," said Janecek.

Carr, for the record, doesn't remember exactly what he did that day. But during the 1980s and 1990s, he gave many Minnesotans a ride that most will never forget -- leaving behind stories, smiles and bruises as they watched his roller-coaster ...

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