Junkie Love - Softcover
Synopsis
Fiction. JUNKIE LOVE, set in Camden Town, London, during the late 1980s, is a study of addiction and loss, a nihilistic love story for the blank generation. Focusing on the psycho-pathology of addiction, it takes a look at what happens when hope disappears and hedonism turns to despair and loathing. Largely autobiographical and leavened with irony and perverse humor, JUNKIE LOVE "shoots straight from the gut, puts the picture in your face, what a junkie faces from moment to moment, through each day"-Ruth Weiss. With illustrations by Jolana Izbicka.
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About the Author
Phil Sh”enfelt was born in England. In the 70's, he dove into London's punk scene; then New York's, playing in bands, including Khmer Rouge. Returning to London in 1984, he kicked his heroin habit and went solo. In 1995 he moved to Prague, where he is a music producer. Junkie Love is his second book; his first was a collection of poetry and song lyrics, The Green Hotel (bilingual edition from Mata, Prague, 1998).
Review
A fine, gutsy, spare rendering of the drug underworld. -- Will Self
A gripping soldier's story of the times when the junkie's worst worries were himself and the badly cut drugs. -- (Iva Pekarkova)
A modern evocation of classic fin de siècle literature ... Junkie Love is as beautifully written as it is presented. -- Bizarre, #55, February 2002
A trenchant, cautionary tale, that successfully avoids the self-righteous tone of the "recovered." -- (Michael Gira, author of The Consumer)
Beautiful. A great story of drugs, sex and trying to figure things out in our fucked up world. -- Cherry Bleeds
Junkie Love is an autobiographical book gifted with great narrative power ... Shoenfelt succeeds in handling his material beautifully. -- Marianne Truce, Apple of the Eye
Junkie Love — a nice, nasty read. I enjoyed it a lot. -- (Nick Cave)
Shoenfelt is at his best when describing the psychology of addiction and recording the pains of withdrawal. -- The Prague Post, December 2001
The best book about heroin since Junkie. An essential read! -- Nikki Sudden
This book is tough love. Junkie Love shoots straight from the gut ... -- (ruth weiss)
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- PublisherTwisted Spoon Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 8086264173
- ISBN 13 9788086264172
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages151
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