Antoinette H. (arubaqueen) reviewed on
"The powerful story of two young addicts in love". 1967. The 1971 20th Century Fox movie with Al Pacino and Kitty Winn is based on this novel. "He is a tough New York street kid..a heroin addict. She is a nice middle-class kid from the Midwest, whos come to New York looking for freedom and ended up in the grimmest trap. She is a heroin addict"