Junkie Love
A fine, gutsy, spare rendering of the drug underworld.  --Will SelfA 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 2002A 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 BleedsJunkie Love is an autobiographical book gifted with great narrative power ... Shoenfelt succeeds in handling his material beautifully. --Marianne Truce, Apple of the EyeJunkie 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 2001The best book about heroin since Junkie. An essential read! --Nikki SuddenThis book is tough love. Junkie Love shoots straight from the gut ... --(ruth weiss)