Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
Crazy collection of short stories and I mean that in the best way. The stories all revolve around some bad men all drug addicts, alcoholics or both. Quite a few of the stories have been heavily anthologized so I'd already read Car Crash While Hitchhiking, Two Men & Emergency and love all three. Two Men in particular is one of my all time favorite short stories and the rest of the collection holds up just as well. I wouldn't want to be friends with any of these guys but it was a great sneak peak into that seedy underbelly of society and he brings some unexpected light into that world. For example the last story in the collection, Beverly Home shows some real unexpected tenderness in a story told from the point of view of a drug addict and peeping tom. It was a great way to finish the book as it leaves you with a weird, wonderful feeling and like the rest of the collection you have a lot of mixed emotions about the characters.
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