HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.
RELATED AISLES

Nikolai Grozni Read the INK Q&A with Nikolai Grozni and save 30% on Turtle Feet: The Making and Unmaking of a Buddhist Monk.

Turtle Feet $17.46
Hardcover Add to Cart



 
Ships free on qualified orders.
$13.95
TRADE PAPER, NEW
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
11 Local Warehouse Biography- Literary
5 Remote Warehouse Biography- General
Hide store locations


A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
by Dito Montiel

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Orlandito "Dito" Montiel, son of Orlando, a Nicaraguan immigrant, and an Irish mother, grew wild in the streets of Astoria, Queens, pulling pranks for Greek and Italian gangsters and confessing at the church of the Immaculate Conception, gobbling hits of purple mescaline and Old English, sneaking into Times Square whore houses—"Kids from nowhere going nowhere." This is the quintessentially American story of a young man's hunger for experience, his dawning awareness of the bigger world across the bridge, and of the loyalties that bind him to a violent past and to the flawed and desperate saints that have guided him: Dito's father, Antonio "our insane warrior hero," Bob Semen, Frank the dog walker, Jimmy Mullen, Cherry Vanilla, Ginsberg and all the others, the drunks, coke-heads, junkies, the insaniacs like Santos Antonios who said, "Now Dito remember, in life you gotta be crazy."

Synopsis:

This quintessentially American story of a young man's hunger for experience is a streetwise "Meetings with Remarkable Men" with echoes of Whitman and Kerouac. Includes photos by Bruce Weber and Allen Ginsburg.
back to top

About the Author

Dito Montiel, his work, and his band Gutterboy have been featured in cover stories in such magazines as In Fashion and Details. His articles, interviews, poetry, etc. have appeared in Vanity Fair, Interview, and numerous other magazines. He lives in Santa Monica, California.
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
i8pixistix, March 1, 2007 (view all comments by i8pixistix)
It might seem cliche, the growing up in NYC story, but knowing of some of the people (one of them is the older brother of a very good friend) makes these stories seem so much crazier. It's great book about a little stitch in time in Astoria Queens. It reads like an exhilarating ride with switchbacks, wide curves, and the undulations of the road.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(11 of 19 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9781560259602
Author:
Montiel, Dito
Publisher:
Thunder's Mouth Press
Photographer:
Ginsberg, Allen
Photographer:
Weber, Bruce
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Artists, Architects, Photographers
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Musicians
Publication Date:
August 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
211
Dimensions:
8.20x5.54x.60 in. .39 lbs.
back to top