User: A Novel

Benderson's highly praised short story collection, Pretending to Say No, has established him as "the new poet of the underworld" (Manuel Puig). Now, in a gripping journney into the shadowy netherworld of street hustlers and drug users, he introduces readers to Apollo, a heroin addict, hiding from the law in the neon-lit world of constant night. "Benderson is a master."--The Advocate.