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Authors: Tony O'Neill

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About the Author

TONY O'NEILL
's books include
Digging the Vein, Seizure Wet Dreams, Songs from the Shooting Gallery,
and the
New York Times
bestselling
Hero of the Underground
. His essays, poems, and short stories have appeared extensively online and in print. He is a survivor of heroin addiction, crack abuse, rehab, fatherhood, and stints in the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kenickie, and Marc Almond's band. He lives in New York with his wife and daughter.

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P
RAISE
FOR

Tony O'Neill

“A writer who lays down the truth page after page, not sparing himself or the reader on his journey to find the part of him that is left to loveâ¦. What writing can be when it is honest, effortless, and leaves a piece of its soul on the pageâ¦. Read this book if you want to experience the power of writing that can transform.”

âZsolt Alapi

“It's not very often that a writer's words can punch through the paper and throttle the lifeblood out of you, but Tony's words manage to do just that, his experiences are so powerful and emotional and full of fucking heart that it pales everybody else's work into insignificance. Tony O'Neill will be remembered in years to come, when Monica Ali and Zadie Smith are nothing but footnotes.”

âStraightfromtheFridge.com

“Tony O'Neill is a potential Nelson Algren for the twenty-first century. The book is hard hitting, yet beautifully writtenâ¦. O'Neill does something quite special: he simply returns literature to its gutteral, all-too-human rootsâ¦. A book that is true in every sense of the word, penetrating into the deepest, darkest recesses of human experience without fuss, arrogance, and obfuscationâ¦. It is
first
and foremost a work of Literature.”

âLee Rourke

“The great power of Tony O'Neill is obvious to anybody, but I hope people understand what a rare, extreme talent it takes to write at once so precise and beautiful, yet so imperiled by the damage of its own world.”

âDennis Cooper

“Tony O'Neill is a man who has taken the term ârock-and-roll poet' to its furthest edges.”

âSam Jordison

“Reading it, I could taste the LA smog. Here pain comes at you like a Mack truck, relentless and unavoidable. Don't blinkâkeep reading.”

âDan Fante

“O'Neill has acquired massive cult following status among the underground literary scenes in both the UK and the States. It is perhaps his gift for poetic delivery and a nod to the seedy underbellies of both countries that makes his work so popular.”

â
Stool Pigeon

“
Digging the Vein
is already being touted as the next underground classic.”

â
The Guardian

ALSO BY TONY O'NEILL

Digging the Vein

Seizure Wet Dreams

Songs from the Shooting Gallery

Credits

Drawing of warehouse by Justin Dodd

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE
. Copyright Â© 2008 by Tony O'Neill. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Â© Edition SEPTEMBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061980497

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