Nice Boy is as fast-paced and intoxicating as the drugs that dominate the lives of its characters. Excitement and unexpected complications enter Gregory's life as he begins to move away from his stable working-class
neighborhood in
Queens and into the hazardous underbelly of New York street life.Through a series of savage and humorous vignettes, Veltri creates the unforgettable pageant of Gregory's large Italian-American family, his friends, addicts, hustlers, sadistic cops, and the denizens of rehab.This is not the story of a young drug addict trying to kick heroin, but is an incantatory tale about
ordinary people in the urban world, some who suffer and die and some who survive.
This book is over 10 years old but it rings as true today as when it was first published. Forget the hyperbole and exageration of James Frey, this is straight shooting. An amazing juxtaposition of… From the start to the end, this book grabs you and holds you. It made a very scary thing like the "junkie" human and touchable. I wanted to know that this boy made it out of the nightmare that was…
