Down And Out On Murder Mile

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After exhausting their resources in the slums of Los Angeles, the nameless narrator and his wife settle in London's worst section - its 'murder mile.' There, perservering past failed treatments and heartbreaking relapses, the narrator reclaims his life and recovers. His wife does not.

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"Down and Out on Murder Mile doesn't disappoint if you're looking for a visceral, grisly experience...Fans of Irvine Welsh and Warren Ellis are sure to enjoy this dark, disturbing journey." -- Metro

The continuation of O'Neill's autobiographical debut, Digging the Vein (2006), even more caustic than its predecessor...whip-smart...Call it a junkie fairy tale: Boy meets girl, gets clean and lives. The whole truth with no reservations: not a pretty story, but a rare telling. -- Kirkus Reviews

"Fast-paced, compulsively readable portrait of a young would-be rocker junkie...the novel's consistent tone of urgency and desperation creates a gritty world of its own that compels." -- Publishers Weekly

"Tony O'Neill is one of my favorite new writers, and DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE is his best book yet. In O'Neill's wizardlike hands, all the drugs and sex, the fierce fights and shouts and blaring rock & roll, amount to a story both horrifying and beautiful." -- Scott Heim, author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear

"Finishing DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE hurts. O'Neill paints a vividly original picture of addiction and recovery that made my veins thirst and my heart worry." -- Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of Candy Everybody Wants and I Am Not Myself These Days

Author Bio

In a previous life Tony O'Neill played keyboards for bands and artists as diverse as Kenickie, Marc Almond and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. After moving to Los Angeles his promising career was derailed by heroin addiction, quickie marriages and crack abuse. While kicking methadone he started writing about his experiences on the periphery of the Hollywood Dream and he has been writing ever since. His autobiographical novel Digging the Vein was published in Feb 2006 by Contemporary Press, in the US and Canada. Wrecking Ball Press plan to release a UK edition April 2007. Seizure Wet Dreams, a collection of short stories and poems was released in the UK on Social Disease January 2006. A volume of poetry, Songs From the Shooting Gallery is slated for a spring 2007 release on Burning Shore Press.