No book has been picked up more times by me then Jesus' Son. For those who relish Johnson's depiction of people, dirty deranged addicted people's meanderings through life and other states of being, this collection of short stories is to me a condensed booster of shorts which drop my jaw and make me wonder at the beauty with which he delivers. Each in their own right stand up as independent stories, though they all have a common main character, a young man, whom I assume embodies Johnson. It’s very tempting to share a bunch of memorable quotes to hook new reader, but each quote relies on the surrounding paragraphs for full effect.