The Fuck Up by Arthur Nersesian published 1992. The tenous exisistence of the narrator spirals downward after his best friend Helmesely, who was his mentor and lifeline, throws himself off the Brooklyn Bridge. Helmesely was brutalized and dumped violently by his first love Angela - leaving the narrator absolutely alone to richochet violently around nyc, working it as best as his 20yr-old self can work it, but ultimately falling rock bottom. The journey comes full circle when the woman who destroyed his lifeline becomes his last chance.
