A literary memoir of life on the streets of New York, it recounts the mind-numbing neglect, but also the shared solidarity, of men and women who live without shelter in cities around the world. Like Jack London, he is a self-educated story-teller of the first rank, and an embittered, hopeful survivor of extreme poverty, long-term homelessness, and addiction. This man can write!' - Kurt Vonnegut'
About the book
A literary memoir of life on the streets of New York, it recounts the mind-numbing neglect, but also the shared solidarity, of men and women who live without shelter in cities around the world. Like Jack London, he is a self-educated story-teller of the first rank, and an embittered, hopeful survivor of extreme poverty, long-term homelessness, and addiction. This man can write!' - Kurt Vonnegut'