false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205083487m/179187.jpg 179187 3 His name is Billy Rowe. Yesterday he was just another tragically talented loser the city had chewed up and spat back down on the streets. Billy came to New York with dreams of stardom, and found only a nightmare of obscurity. Frustrated and downtrodden, disgusted with his own failure, Billy spends his days living in Bowery squalor, his ambition skittering away like the cockroaches running up his tenement walls. His roommate can't cover the overdue rent. His girlfriend has no more patience for his self-pity. It seems that things can't get any worse. <P>Until the night Billy witnesses a murder in the street below his window: a young woman, knifed again and again and left to die, her blood gleaming under streetlight's glare. The killer flees into the shadows. And Billy watches, paralyzed with fear, until it's too late to do anything but scream. <P>When the police come, their contempt is palpable. And when they leave, Billy is ashamed. In a fit of despair, Billy prays for help, for guidance...for a sign. <P>And like a miracle it comes, as the mysterious stranger named Christopher. Christopher has come with a message: of the power that Billy has, if he will but lay claim to it. <P>Billy thinks Christopher is crazy...until he realizes that suddenly he feels no pain. Billy can heal the sick, or clean up the mess of his life. Or the mess of the city's savage streets. <P>Yesterday Billy Rowe was just another nobody. Now he has the Power. Now the city has nothing to fear. Nothing but Billy Rowe... 212643 1 2 1987 The Cleanup total:30|5:7|4:12|3:9|2:1|1:1| 30 113 40 2 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 10:52:34 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:50:56 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:52:37 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 18 18:50:54 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:52:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 08:50:56 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 08:50:56 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Oct 22 03:46:36 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 03:46:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 17:24:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 17:25:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 07:56:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 07:56:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 12:18:12 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 13:08:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 04:44:32 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 04:44:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 22:02:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 22:02:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 16:52:01 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 16:52:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 08:00:04 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 08:00:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 24 04:07:30 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 15:24:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:07:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 08:26:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:26:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed May 20 18:20:29 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 18:20:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 14 21:15:38 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 21:15:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 04:03:08 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 04:03:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 17:47:50 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 17:47:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 16:38:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 16:38:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 20:17:07 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 20:17:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Mar 18 21:43:30 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 21:43:30 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=179187