{"product_id":"sick-city-a-novel-isbn-9780061789748","title":"Sick City: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSick City\u003c\/em\u003e is fun, twisted and brutal….O’Neill could be our generation’s Jim Thompson.”\u003cbr\u003e— James Frey, author of \u003cem\u003eBright Shiny Morning\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tony O’Neill works his L.A. people the way Dutch Leonard had his hand down the pants of every degenerate in his great Detroit novels.”\u003cbr\u003e— Barry Gifford, author of \u003cem\u003eWild at Heart\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Tony O’Neill, the author of \u003cem\u003eDown and Out on Murder Mile\u003c\/em\u003e and coauthor of the \u003cem\u003eNeon Angel\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling \u003cem\u003eHero of the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e, comes \u003cem\u003eSick City\u003c\/em\u003e—a wild adventure of two junkies, Hollywood, and the Sharon Tate sex tape. Readers of Elmore Leonard (\u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e) and Irvine Welsh (\u003cem\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/em\u003e) will take great delight in \u003cem\u003eSick City, “\u003c\/em\u003ea disturbingly twisted ride through Hollywood’s underbelly with a degenerate cast of colorfully interwoven characters” (Slash).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eMeet Jeffrey and Randal, two desperate junkies and your guides on this top-to-bottom fun-house tour of Hollywood's underbelly. From infamous crime scenes to celebrity treatment centers, \u003cem\u003eSick City\u003c\/em\u003e is an outrageous page-turning adventure set in the sun-bleached wilds of LA.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Tony O’Neill is one of my favorite new writers, and DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE is his best book yet. In O’Neill’s wizardlike hands, all the drugs and sex, the fierce fights and shouts and blaring rock \u0026amp; roll, amount to a story both horrifying and beautiful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Heim, author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Told with unwavering honesty, it is the perfect description of the lifestyle, and not surprising from a man who has lived it. \u003ci\u003eDown and Out on Murder Mile\u003c\/i\u003e is a force to be reckoned with.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSacramento Bee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading it, I could taste the LA smog. Here pain comes at you like a mack truck—relentless and unavoidable. Don’t blink—keep reading.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Fante, author of Chump Change, Mooch, and Spitting of Tall Buildings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like the bastard child of Dashiell Hammett and Evelyn Waugh....With \u003ci\u003eSick City\u003c\/i\u003e, Tony O’Neil confirms his comic voice....If dark humor, punk sensibility, literary sophistication and pointed satire are among your addictions, you should find \u003ci\u003eSick City\u003c\/i\u003e a rewarding read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus.net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like a Robert Altman film scripted by Charles Bukowski and William S. Burroughs...\u003ci\u003eSick City\u003c\/i\u003e is appealing in its unsentimentalism, disgusting in its details--and, almost unbelievably, funny.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Addictive Noir! Rarely do you find a novel that is both fast paced and well observed, action packed, yet high-grade poetic. Once you start it, just try putting it down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Nersesian, author of The F*ck Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] inspired comedy of errors…a post-punk crack at Hollywood’s legacy that’s funnier than its predecessor, and just as cringe-inducing…infused with enough black humor to make Bill Burroughs choke on his apple” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wildly fun read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWillamette Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You may feel disturbed by this very realistic account of addicts on a mission.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurledUp.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What \u003ci\u003eSick City\u003c\/i\u003e does is takes the grit and grime of, say, \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e by William Burroughs and makes it coherent…within the context of a caper novel, as imagined by Elmore Leonard….\u003ci\u003eSick City\u003c\/i\u003e makes Jim Thompson’s novels look like Little Golden Books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tony O’Neill writes about the Hollywood I know as well as any writer alive. His characters are a punch in the face, scorchingly real. His dialogue is note-perfect and could only have been lived in the moment-by-moment life of one who has sat on a curb and pondered his next jive and shuck while searching for cigarette butts” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Fante, author of 86'd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading Tony O’Neill is like traveling downhill in a car with no lights at terrific speed and driven by a four-year-old child on meth.  The signposts along the way are all marked ‘Nowhere.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSebastian Horsley, author of Dandy in the Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tony O’Neill writes about the Hollywood I know as well as any writer alive. His characters are a punch in the face, scorchingly real. His dialogue is note-perfect.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Fante, author of 86'd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tony O’Neill works his L.A. people the way Dutch Leonard had his hand down the pants of every degenerate in his great Detroit novels. Cover your ears, ladies; thanks to O’Neill, the cries of pain can be heard from one sick city to another. Just use your eyes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry Gifford, author of Wild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSick City\u003c\/i\u003e is fun, twisted and brutal. One of the best books written about LA in a long time. O’Neill could be our generation’s Jim Thompson.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Frey, author of Bright Shiny Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“O’Neill delivers a Hollywood thriller that’s equal parts acerbic social commentary à la Burroughs’s \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e and extraordinary crime fiction misadventure....Fans of Chuck Palahniuk and Warren Ellis will cherish this twisted tale.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tragic but hilarious redemption story . . . This book is not for reading. It is for injecting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackbook magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I f**king loved it -- the piss-soaked floors, the vomit-impastoed car interiors, the groans and grunts from every room.  It’s like some weirdly loveable purgatory.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom McCarthy, author of Remainder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSick City\u003c\/i\u003e is a disturbingly twisted ride through Hollywood’s underbelly with a degenerate cast of colorfully interwoven characters. I loved the whole f**ked up journey.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Finishing DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE hurts. O’Neill paints a vividly original picture of addiction and recovery that made my veins thirst and my heart worry.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosh Kilmer-Purcell, author of Candy Everybody Wants and I Am Not Myself These Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Drugs! Debauchery! Destitution! Domestic bliss! 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I fucking loved this book!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887916773605,"sku":"NP9780061789748","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061789748.jpg?v=1730227729","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sick-city-a-novel-isbn-9780061789748","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}