Another Day in Paradise Author:Eddie Little In the tradition of Jim Carroll's Basketball Diaries, Eddie Little's debut novel traces the outlaw life of a young Irish American. A teenage speed freak and petty thief, Bobbie and his Puerto Rican girlfriend, Rosie, are taken under the wing of an all-round criminal opportunist named Mel, who is old enough to be Bobbie's father, and Mel's girlfr... more »iend, Syd. Bobbie's chance to get back on his feet begins as the inside man in a pharmaceutical company break-in. The ensuing crime spree takes the foursome across the Midwest and California of the early '70s--and deeper into the dark world of heroin addiction.« less
This is my all time favorite book, Bobby's life (which is actually the story of Eddie Little's life)is so messed up but you just get sucked in to it. It's so tragic that Eddie Little died before he could write more about his life as a hood.