As fast paced and intoxicating as the drugs that dominates the lives of the characters, NICE BOY is a savage and humorous tale of a young Italian-American drug addict, his family and friends in Queens, and the addicts, hustlers and cops he encounters. In vivid imagery and riveting storytelling, we go with Gregory through scenes of rehab and jail and scrounging for dope, juxtaposed with cozy images of home life. Set in the 1970's, Nice Boy captures the moment when middle-class drug use lost its innocence. "Cool and indelibly individual..." The New York Times.
As fast paced and intoxicating as the drugs that dominates the lives of the characters, NICE BOY is a savage and humorous tale of a young Italian-American drug addict, his family and friends in Queens, and the addicts, hustlers and cops he encounters. In vivid imagery and riveting storytelling, we go with Gregory through scenes of rehab and jail and scrounging for dope, juxtaposed with cozy images of home life. Set in the 1970's, Nice Boy captures the moment when middle-class drug use lost its innocence. "Cool and indelibly individual..." The New York Times.
"...this startling debut is a highly personal and localized account of life as a junkie. What is so extraordinary is not that it is unusual, but that it is so very typical... this is no morality tale, just straightforward, jittery exposition, which in a twelve-step world works remarkably well.
Product Details
BN ID: 2940012302540
Publisher: Intrinsic Books
Publication date: 3/29/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 766,389
File size: 271 KB
Meet the Author
George Veltri lives in upstate New York
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As fast paced and intoxicating as the drugs that dominates the lives of the characters, NICE BOY is a savage and humorous tale of a young Italian-American drug addict, his family and friends in Queens, and the addicts, hustlers and cops he encounters. In vivid imagery and riveting storytelling, we go with Gregory through scenes of rehab and jail and scrounging for dope, juxtaposed with cozy images of home life. Set in the 1970's, Nice Boy captures the moment when middle-class drug use lost its innocence. "Cool and indelibly individual..." The New York Times.