From the Book - First edition.
Author's note: détente in the war on plants
Prologue: time and chance
Parole: doing time on the street. Lawless ; Get my monkey laid ; A violation for real ; A man has got to get his teeth fixed ; Amor a la Colombiana ; Your whole tribe eats donuts ; Mailer pal writes druggie novel ; I was hungry, and it was your world ; Heavyweights
Hollywood: adventures in the skin trade. Blowback, Project MK-ULTRA, and beyond ; White boyz ; Street time ; Original gangster: Joe Stassi Redux ; The informer: Whitey Bulger and the FBI ; The brand ; Dog eat dog, Crude, and more false starts
Fatherhood: the beginning of a great adventure. Godfather and son ; Fathers and sons
Afterword: a place you never want to be.