Michael Guinzburg

A darkly humorous look at addiction and twelve-step programs, and how sometimes the cure can be worse than the affliction. Ed, as he states in the opening sentence, is a "stupid stinking drug addict and alcoholic." Desperate to rehabilitate himself, he joins Hard Drugs Anonymous to kick the habit. However, when he takes one of the first steps of the program - to eliminate temptation - a little too literally, the cure becomes a whole new problem. If you thought crackheads were funny, wait until serial murders wind up in the mix. This is a satire, not an journalistic expose, so don't expect the world that Ed lives in to resemble a gritty documentary on drug addiction and street violence. It might not be 100% realistic, but it is smart, violent, and hilarious all the way to the end.… (mais)