Do not mention the tragedies: A father’s journey searching for a boy kidnapped by addiction

The author says that he has never written with such honesty before in his life, and you must believe him, dear reader. This is a story written by a grandfather about his addicted grandson. The grandfather knew his grandson as a young boy and thought he did not know him as a young man, and the young man is Goblin, who made the street his home, traveled extensively, and learned to jump on freight trains; so the road became his home everywhere, and he was one of those wanderers with a mysterious and confusing life. Goblin was born in 1988, when his grandfather was forty-seven years old, and the grandfather lived to see his grandson on a journey that confined him to a small circle of 21st-century homeless people who called themselves "the wandering boys." This journey takes place in the dark side of America, which most people are unaware of, where the wandering boys go to their destinations by any available means: walking, asking strangers for rides, riding strange buses, but they prefer jumping on freight trains. In five years, the grandson traveled twenty-five thousand miles by train. The grandfather writes driven by the passion of the narrator and the love of the grandfather, presenting us with a sincere, intimate story of Goblin and his companions, from which we learn a lot about life, friendship, love, and human relationships—not just about addiction—since Goblin lived a life unlike any logical life we have known. This book, in describing Goblin’s life, warns us all very strongly against falling into the trap of addiction, and it is a vivid depiction of what the life of an addict can be like among the streets and hospitals, always an obstacle to success and the fulfillment of love. A reader of this book cannot help but fear addiction, avoid its path by all means, and learn the harsh lesson from Goblin and his companions’ lives, and no addict can read it without seeking to quit his addiction.