Chapter Three: Looking For The Thrill Of It Robert N. is twenty-seven years old. Not married, he is, at the time of this writing, living with a twenty-five-year-old woman, Sheila K. Neither favoring work, they are both content to live off the charity of the government. Robert begins his narrative at the time of his childhood: "I don't remember too much about my father. He took a powder when I was around four or five. Even before that, he was never around too much. The only time I ever saw him was when he would come home stumbling drunk and wake all of us up. That's about all I can remember. "After he split, my mother would always have men in the apartment. I would see them come in during the evening and stay the night. I was still too young to understand what was going on. I had a eight

