A Life magazine reporter drew upon his firsthand experience of New York City's junkie underworld in the 1960s to create this fictionalized account about two addicts during a heroin shortage.
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A Life magazine reporter drew upon his firsthand experience of New York City's junkie underworld in the 1960s to create this fictionalized account about two addicts during a heroin shortage.
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Add this copy of The Panic in Needle Park (Signet T3130, 1st Printing) to cart. $99.55, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published by Signet.
Add this copy of The Panic in Needle Park (Signet T3130, 1st Printing) to cart. $132.00, good condition, Sold by Bookfeathers LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lewisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Signet.
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VG- Not ex-lib. mass market paperback in b/w photo-illustrated wraps (NOT the later movie tie-in edition with white wraps and film stills). 1st printing, August 1967 stated with no additional printings indicated. 158pp. + publisher's list. Rred-tinted page edges. VG-. 2" crease across lower corner front wrap and pre-title page; light to near moderate abrasion with occasional touches of surface loss along edges of clean, remarkably bright wraps. Binding strong with only very mild cocking; pages toned but clean and unmarked.
Add this copy of The Panic in Needle Park to cart. $157.00, like new condition, Sold by PASCALE'S BOOKS rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NORTH READING, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux:.
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Fine in Fine- jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First published in 1966, this book is the third printing fro 1971, 212 pages. "Drawing on this firsthand knowledge, the author has written a searing, unforgetable account of the junkie world. It revels, as never before, the life of the addict in all its squalor, its desperation, and its simple humanity." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE-DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.
Add this copy of The Panic in Needle Park to cart. $182.00, very good condition, Sold by David Kaye Books & Memorabilia rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Woodland Hills, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Signet Books.
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First paperback printing of the author's first novel, basis for the 1971 Al Pacino film of the same name; near fine in pictorial covers; gentle rubbing to cover edges, one small indentation in spine and one at top of back cover, short subtle crease to front cover, owner name stamped on bottom of textblock else a tight square unmarked copy in uncreased covers; firm binding that appears unread; stated first printing August 1967.
Add this copy of The Panic in Needle Park to cart. $202.00, very good condition, Sold by King Crab Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Signet (T3130).
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158 p. 1st paperback edition from Signet (T3130), 1967. VERY GOOD, some water-staining to pages, and bottom of front cover, store stamps and ink phone number inside. SCARCE!
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A Heartbreaker novel of addiction, love, betrayal.
So i first saw the 1971 film adaptation of, The Panic in Needle Park and it was pretty striking, the movie that got Al Pacino his role in The Godfather. It was a love story, definitely a painful one to watch, of two young people who fall in love but both develop a dope habit. and it destroys them. So i had to read the book and it's really rare, a hard item to find, if your lucky and if your lucky you can get it in good shape like me. I recommend just for people who are interested i guess in "Life-drama". Not sure, how to describe it.
clarie
Oct 9, 2007
heroin chic on the streets
helen does not become a prostitute to support her heroin habit. she falls in love with bobby, who is already addicted, and supports both of them with her "call girl" earnings because she's a very beautiful girl. soon, however, helen takes up the drug, and becomes yet another strung out junky whore who turns tricks for $15.00 instead of $100.00 a night. the fact helen knows this is going on only bothers her a little bit.
bobby her boyfriend is from the lower classes so the ghetto addiction is nothing new to him, and he's been to jails many many times. for a while helen & bobby are "happy" hanging around the cheap flophouse hotels, cafeterias, and "needle park" a group of park benches on a concrete slab that sits in the middle of a 3 way intersection in new york city because that's where the pusher is, and he's their friend.
the writer, the "over all voice" to the story is trying to find out about heroin addiction & why people can come clean, then go back to it time & time again. helen & bobby are the addicts he's the closest to, and gets their stories, and he tries to swim through the lies, the self deception & the stunted emotional growth of the average street junky. the words speak for themselves.
"not every one can become a junky" states helen.
in between, the mafia who supplies the junk have somehow ran out of supplies (or are hoarding them), and the panic is on for heroin addicts of needle park. this means the price goes up, using is harder because the junk is worthless, and people "beat" each other for money for copping all the time. even the lovers helen & bobby steal from one another during the panic.
"we're all animals," says helen, "we're all animals living in a world nobody understands"
this is quite possibly the best book written about heroin addicts since the author took the time to really see what their world was made up of, and stays impartial as if he's a black & white documentry photographer.
and helen, well, she's the one all the junkies go to if there's an OD.
