Status Updates From El hombre del brazo de oro

I have read this book exactly twice in my life and each time I have had a tooth or tooth implant yanked out of my face. I'm never allowed to read this book again after this.

Imma be so real, it’s taking some effort to get into this cuz the 20th century, Chicago slum dialect and culture makes entire sentences be completely meaningless to me, but for now we’re pushin thru