cain's book (alexander trocchi)

even though i've never cared much for beat writers or junkie stories, and would have never chosen to read this if it hadn't been for my bookgroup, i really got into it at the beginning. i quite liked the style it's written in, and the characters... but then i got bored. it was just meeting person after person, dipping briefly into their lives and then forgetting about them. which is ok, but i wanted more of a story connecting all the characters. but i liked the whole atmosphere, and how junkies weren't glamourised or victimised at all, it was all very matter-of-fact: for them getting a fix was like going to the cornershop to get some eggs. and the book as a whole is way better than most bukowski, keruac and the like.

Rating: 6/10