Literary Love 
February 2002

The Story of Junk : A Novel
by Linda Yablonsky

The Story of Junk is an amazing chronicle of a woman getting deep into heroine addiction and dealing. 

This is Linda's first novel and was released in 1997.  I'm trying to find more of her work and I'm having a hard time.  I hope she's still writing and not a one book wonder.  I've scored her address, so I'm going to write a letter and try to find out more about her....and beg her to rub some of her literary genius on me.

The story is mostly set in New York.  It's great getting a feel for the neighborhoods to score dope in....and since Cherry Bleeds' readers have a lot of the inside New York drug scene scoop from Robert Guskind, this novel is even more of a treat. 

William S. Burroughs would be proud.

Tony DuShane