Denis Johnson chronicles the wanderings of a young man as he struggles with addictions to drugs and alcohol. Separated into eleven stories, the young man eventually snaps out of his downward spiral and checks into rehab.

Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1992.

Car crash while hitchhiking -- Two men -- Out on bail -- Dundun -- Work -- Emergency -- Dirty wedding -- The other man -- Happy hour -- Steady hands at Seattle General -- Beverly Home.