Billy Boy

by Thomas J. Hubschman

Billy Boy is the story of Billy Conover, petty thief, amphetamine junkie, at twenty-three a social parasite keeping just one step ahead of the law, until the night he accepts an invitation to go for a joy ride and ends up being party to the brutal killing of a black youth. The novel is Billy's odyssey through an underworld of drug addicts, ex-Girl Scouts who turn tricks for vials of crack, and an overburdened legal system that eventually holds Billy responsible for a murder to which he was only a witness.

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First published September 1, 2001