His face was a living sculpture. Full of scars. Just like his life was full of scars. He played like a maniac at the racetrack, but whenever he placed a bet, everything was on love, understanding, and poetry.

The rebellious youth of America, but mainly of Europe, loved him, embraced him, and hailed him as one of their most legendary heroes. He was an innocent pariah and wrote wonderful poems and hoarse prose for the innocent pariahs.

Giorgos-Ikaros Babassakis: An almost autobiographical narrative in which the great writer records his childhood and teenage years, marked by the Americans' prejudice against his German heritage, the abuse from his father, and the disfigurement of his features from a painful form of acne. A wild coming-of-age journey with stops at women, alcohol, and books during the years of the Great Depression in America.