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David Hip City Boglioli, turns his talent to avant-garde literature, with all the passion and ingenuity that has heretofore colored his art. Faced with disillusionment and disenchantment at society and his career, the author turns to crack and soon finds himself homeless on the streets of New York City. Unprepared for the desperate life he now faces, the penman must come to grips with an alien subculture whose values are questionable and learn to survive with nothing but his wits or perish. Having burnt his bridges, does this lost soul long to return to the secure life he s left behind or will he discover a rebel existence that s more appealing and a new conception of individual autonomy. A close look at an alternative path to personal liberation in modern America.

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A gritty, hard-knocking plunge into the gutters of New York City in Boglioli's self-inflicted journey to hell and his subsequent rise. A Dante's Inferno for the 21st century. -- Skip Ferderber Chanticleer Reviews Mr. Boglioli wins high scores for capturing my interest. His colorful descriptions of the quest to become less than whole fired on all cylinders throughout. New York City Bum is an expressive homage to the horrors of drug addiction. -- Diane Lunsford Feathered Quill

]]He paints graphic portraits of the mostly hidden (or ignored) denizens of Manhattan: the drunks, addicts, and sex workers, and the social service employees who served (and underserved) them. ]] This book can be profoundly unsettling, and it's not for the squeamish. Boglioli's prose is sometimes eloquent]]. A gritty, sociologically engaging memoir. -- Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews Brave, honest, and riveting, Boglioli's memoir of life on the streets takes us into the underbelly of homelessness in New York and reflects on the soul-destroying cycle of addiction. Boglioli is proof that no matter how low we sink we can find our way back. Harrowing, bleak, and explicit but surprisingly uplifting, New York City Bum is a must-read -- BookViral.com BookViral.com

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