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The Toy Collector follows James, an orderly at a Times Square hospital, who finances a growing addiction to memorabilia by selling stolen pharmaceuticals. In pursuit of 1970s action figures, he stumbles through the city's streets, navigating relationships, drugs, and the blurred line between childhood nostalgia and adult responsibility. The narrative alternates between his imaginative playworld—complete with Scrunch-Em, Grow-Em Dinosaurs, and toy robots—and the harsh realities of sex, addiction, and the quest for dubious redemption.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Gunn, James
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