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Title: Drugstore Cowboy Condition: New Subtitle: A Novel ISBN-10: 038530224X EAN: 9780385302241 ISBN: 9780385302241 Publisher: Penguin Random House (Pty) Ltd Format: Paperback Type: Paperback Release Date: 01/12/1990 Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: ZA Item Height: 226mm Item Length: 153mm Item Width: 12mm Item Weight: 244g Author: James Fogle Genre: Fiction Release Year: 1990 Description: The novel that inspired the major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant
Bob Hughes, the offbeat, edgy, and slightly skewed leader of a crew of traveling junkies, describes himself as “one of the cleverest and ringiest and most notorious dope fiend drugstore cowboys on the entire West Coast, including Alaska.” Bob, his wife, Diane, Rick, and Nadine have a penchant for robbing drugstores and grabbing pills and capsules to support their habit and relieve their boredom. It’s an all-too-real examination of the addict’s domain: the euphoria, the paranoia, the busts, the overdoses, the haunting reality of trying to survive your own world. But James Fogle—who based this extraordinary novel on his own experiences, and who spent thirty-five years of his life in prison—has turned their lives into something darkly comic. Set in Portland, Oregon, in the early 1970s, Drugstore Cowboy is a resonating evocation of life at the bottom, and yet, by portraying his characters without judgment or glamor, Fogle has illuminated them. His debut novel is a singular work of contemporary fiction. Missing Information?
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