Slaves of New York Paperback – June 1, 1987 by Tama Janowitz 
 
Meet the denizens of New York artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers. But between the disappointments come snatches of self-awareness, and a strange beauty in their encounters with one another.
 
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