This is a raw description of life amongst New York's junkies, hustlers, drag queens and prostitutes The characters include Georgette, a hopelessly romantic and tormented transvestite, Vinnie, a disaffected and volatile youth, Tralala, who can find no escape from her loveless existence, and Harry, a power-hungry strike leader with a fatal secret Living on the edge, always walking on the wild side, their alienation and aggression masks a desperate, deep human need for affection and kinship