In his bluejeans and his high-heeled boots, his broad belt and his ducktail, he looked like a tougher kid than he really was. He was seventeen pretending to be nineteen, a runaway from home, broke, in the back streets of Hollywood. And it was there he met a strange, lovely and quite terrifying girl.

Here is a startling excursion into the frantic world of grifters, dreamers and shrewd grafters who make up the seamy nightmare of professional competition on the TV giveaway shows.

"Pungent...Telling Effect!" - New York Times

"Blunt, Bold, Daring, Exciting!" - Los Angeles Herald Express

"Explosive!" - Cleveland Press

"Giveaway - Tough, Fast-Paced!" - Richmond News Leader(less)