Another one on loan from Tex - I hope it's not as depressing as most of the last one was!

Eddie Little renders a cinematic mugshot of a kid as a prodigy petty criminal. The boy wonder, on course for a Ph.D. in junkie studies, greets every new morning as Another Day in Paradise. Some women of interest are drawn to this apprentice career criminal, of course, as bad ladies do love outlaws, just like author Little does and, I confess, susceptible readers will too.

I learned that crime is exciting and frightening, and for the people that choose it, less painful than most of the other choices they can make. It made me worry. I like it.

heroína e pistolas. fuerte ler despois sobre a vida do escritor e ver q totalmente inspirado na súa vida o d ser un yonki aos 14anos. sociedade en deuda con todos os heroinomanos dos 80 supoño.

Increíble

I read this for the first time when I was much younger. Eddie Little was part of a very small group of crime realists. The way he painted noir with his words is something that I will forever treasure. Jerry Stahl compared me to Eddie Little and Hubert Selby Jr. — those were some of the most flattering words I’ve ever heard. If you haven’t read this you’re in for a real treat. He also wrote ‘Steel Toes’ — A sequel; they are hard to find because the book has been out of print for many years. My father found it and gave it to me last Christmas — it was equally as masterful as the original.

Note: I was with a management company for many years that would write “controversial” reviews and other posts — pretending to be me and saying things that don’t represent how I feel at all. I have found a lot of things from that period and deleted them. The original review that was ostensibly written by me — was actually a sleazy publicist trying to make people upset to bring attention to me. Needless to say, I am no longer with that company and I’m with Tremendous now. Please ignore previous review as I did not write it.

Truly one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. Vividly believable damaged characters and prose that is both raw and gorgeous. It's a real shame Eddie Little succumbed to his addiction, but as his book implies it was only a matter of time.

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I recall enjoying this one many years ago. It was supposed to have been made into a movie starring James Woods and Melanie Griffith which I think I caught the tail end of, but have never fully seen.

Loved this book so much.

Exciting and heartbreaking, honor among thieves, smart kid born with no chance... All that. I read this because I enjoyed the movie so much. The ending of the book is far better.

love the way this guy wrote, great LA book