Cain's Book
Alexander Trocchi
Alma Books
<p>Written in America while Trocchi was working on a scow on the Hudson River, Cain's Book is an extraordinary autobiographical account about a junky's life, and an honest, raunchy, eye-opening trip through hell. Probably the most famous novel about drug addiction and the hazards and excitements of an addict's life after Burrough's Naked Lunch, this modern classic&#8212;which was prosecuted in Britain for obscenity in 1965&#8212;still shocks in its frankness and is relevant to this day.</p>