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"When Orlie Breton shows up in June of 1979 to work as a paramedic in New York City, she finds herself plunged into a violent and magical world, one in which her boyfriend embarks on a long LSD trip as he builds a holographic billboard atop Times Square and her roommate stars alongside a drag-queen in the CBGB's, Maxwell's Kansas City scene. On a call in an underground encampment one night, she meets an albino man, a street poet/musician, and witnesses his encounter with a brutal and psychotic cop. He, the albino, and Orlie encounter each other again and again until one night the albino leads…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2004Soft Skull Press · 238 pages · 9781932360257
Homeless personsLiteratureWomen medical technologistsFictionBooks and readingAppreciationEmergency medical techniciansFiction, psychological






