Written as a novel, with straightforward language, wrapped with an existential undertone that has a declarative manifesto roar of the true cause to some of the trappings kids of the working class fall into–violence, drugs and gangs.

The author is in a timeless battle against his natural enemy – the cause to his ignorance that wasted part of his life on the streets and kept him aimlessly fighting his own working class people – the source to all the pain in his Brooklyn neighborhood – the origin to the violence on the streets – and the reason why his brother eventually died of an overdose. This source of working class misery is the perpetual weed of history – The Rich.

"The message that rings throughout with immovable force is Kalafatis’ belief that it is the rich, with their elitist hierarchical systems, who are to blame for his brother’s death." - 3:AM Magazine (UK)

"With its caustic journaling of a bum’s life, reminds me very much of Bukowski (but I bet lots have made that connection)...Interesting stuff, honest and powerful." - Incendiary Magazine (Netherlands)

"An interesting exploration of socioeconomics and urban conflict in the home, family, and community. It combines the readability of a novel with the educational content of a political tract and discusses many important issues." - Book Pleasures (Canada)

"contains observations of how the American dream isn't as it appears, and how the less affluent are swallowed whole by the system." - Good Times Magazine (NY, USA)

"There's a great passage were he gets stabbed and lies bleeding on the street, scared, but excited because this will get him a reputation. That sums it up really. If you haven't been through that you were never a punk." - Summer of Hate (Sweden)

"Peter’s narrative and writing style not only allow the reader to get a vivid picture of what’s happening, but to feel every bit of emotion he did in the stories." - The Punk Vault (Illinois, USA)

"The ending is brilliant, when he finally gets his revenge in an unexpecting way." - ASICE (Dutch)

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