I was a little sketchy the first time I picked up this book. I expected it to be verbose and boring... very non-fictiony. It was quite the opposite. The more I read, the more it seemed like fiction. The characters were full of color, never resting, always shocking. It's amazing really... his writing style. It almost seems like he's not giving the details... that it's too basic to be deep, but somewhere in between the implied and the vague he captures your attention until suddenly you realize it's brilliance. I absolutely loved this book. I finished it about 3 days ago, and I haven't stopped thinking of it since. It has a wonderful twirl of tragedy and corruption... glamor and comedy. If you feel you understand the world of drugs... read it. It's a crazy one...