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UserBruce Benderson
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User

240 pagesFirst published 19943 editions
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He is the son of a black derelict and a white New Ager, a beautifully toned specimen of urban male beauty, and a New York City street hustler. His special gift is reeling in his customers, who flip to him like spawning salmon. His greatest pleasure is feeling his eyes about to roll back, as the Dilaudid he has just injected races through his veins and begins licking his brain. His name is Apollo, and he is one of the most disturbing and seductive creations in recent American fiction. Bruce Benderson's User takes you into his world - a shocking world filled with stark yet hypnotic eroticism,…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Other · English · 2023
    Muswell Press, The · 9781739638207
  • Other · English · 1995
    Plume · 240 pages · 9780452274617
  • Other · English · 1994
    Dutton · 227 pages · 9780525937227
FictionDrug abuseMale prostitutesMale prostitutionNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, general