<DIV><P>An abandoned child hustles on the streets of a dystopic, near-future Boston in the aftermath of the Great Devaluation&mdash;squatters have turned the tunnel system into an underground hive known as Dig City. In an elaborate search for his unknown parents, Eddie narrates through several levels of deception: street performer, pickpocket, adoptee, casino employee, and finally commander of the subterranean revolution. <I>Fast Eddie</I> is a convoluted Oedipal adventure blending low-brow scenarios with high-art diction, reminiscent of Robert Coover, John Hawkes, and Edmund White.</P><p>Cuban-American author <B>Robert Arellano</B> instructs fiction workshops at Brown University. He spends his breaks playing guitar for indie rock outfit Palace Brothers. Arellano's interactive novel, <I>Sunshine '69</I>, was published by SonicNet in 1996. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.</P></DIV>