Tales from the Geronimo: My Seduction by Junk and Desert Dreams

by Scott Frank

A literary exploration of the pleasures and pains of heroin takes readers inside the rundown Geronimo Hotel near the Tucson desert to reveal a heroin-addicted, dream-filled world and the eccentric and often desperate characters who inhabit it.

Genres: Drugs, Nonfiction

255 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1995

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting for its depiction of the setting and time, Tucson and its drug scene in the mid 70s, particularly focusing on the university area and the old Hotel Geronimo. Beyond that it’s a good depiction of the life and mindset of a junkie.

[Michael Mayer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Junk memoir set in and around Tucson's Geronimo Hotel (now home to Sinbad's, Starbucks and an Irish pub on University Blvd) by the University campus. Recommended only if you are interested in one individual's memories of the University and Euclid area of Tucson in the 70's. Second read for me; wanted to revisit now that I live in Tucson.