Wellifyou don't mind messing with a lotof unnecessary experimentation and youare ready for the lastof the Great Beatnik novels andyou can stomach the characters like Jesse Faulcon who is constantly inandout of the sack when he's not escapingfrom jail, vomiting on someone'sgrave, hangingaround Shondor's, abar, killing a wounded friend, hassling a roommate or watching his infant daughter get her brains dashedout, you can CHARGE! All by yourself.