--- product_id: 105508595 title: "Cherry" brand: "nico walker" price: "€ 36.69" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/105508595-cherry store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Cherry **Brand:** nico walker **Price:** € 36.69 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cherry by nico walker - **How much does it cost?** € 36.69 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/105508595-cherry) ## Best For - nico walker enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted nico walker brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Cherry ## Images ![Cherry - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91kzcPNd1iL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant. Jump on it. *by K***S on Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018* “Cherry,” a debut novel from Nico Walker, was hard to put down for all the wrong reasons. I told myself that this was research. I was reading about the reality of war today. Discovering the circumstantial nuances that create today’s opioid addict. But the binge reading went down for far more base reasons. A less noble part of me just devoured this book.Walker has crafted the perfect slow motion train wreck. You can’t look away. The narrator is an anti hero with a heart. Cherry is an anti love anti war anti drug anti true crime story. An absolute must read. Cherry woke my dormant desire to gape at misfortune right in the first paragraph.“Emily’s gone to take a shower. The room’s half dark and I’m getting dressed, looking for a shirt with no blood on it- not having any luck.”Like smelling salts, the words forced my voyeur aspects out of bed. Sleeping giant arise! Three sentences in and it was coffee at hand, glasses on, and dig in.Did you catch the captivating cadence of that quote above? That tempo is kept up through the full 319 pages. Walker brings to mind the short, clipped, just-the-facts narrative style of Holden Cauffield,* and the results kept me glued to the book.The similarities go past the cadence. Our protagonist in Cherry is his own person, well, as much as a true blue junkie can be, and his story is unique to today, but he articulates an intelligent dissatisfaction which rings so much like the prose of Catcher in the Rye it feels like a distant sequel.“... so why wasn't I happy? I didn’t know. All I’d figured was the world was wrong and I was in it.”Reading Cherry was like encountering a friend unseen for decades, but out of context, like in traffic court or on a trampoline. Uncanny.Walker shows the main character in high school, amid smart philosophical angst. We come to love our man’s earnest hopelessness as he delivers all the unbridled optimism of a Bukowski character.“There are countless women in the world. At times it’s more than I can bear to think about: that there should be so many and they all start out the way they do, with all the brightness and their own invisible worlds and secret languages and what else they have, and that we ruin everything.”He leaves you no choice but to love him.The arch takes our hero to Iraq, and we get a long walk along the “war is hell” path. (It’s not fun. I was reading some to my girlfriend and actually put it down because, well, war.) But the rapid-fire writing keeps us in for the full journey, and it is soon apparent how very real is PTSD. War trauma paves the way to opiate addiction, bank robbery, and straight into the jail cell from which the book was written.The book matters for it’s successful and bold narrative style. It matters because it delivers heart on a most unusual platter. And it matters because we need to see into the workings of the mind of the addict, and open our minds to the possibilities inherent in such an understanding.I’m not saying the empathy this book imparts makes a great case for prevention, decriminalizing, harm reduction approaches and needs-based crime assessments, but, oh wait, I am saying that. Cherry is all that and a bag of almost clean needles. Pick up a copy.*(In what we can only assume is a tip of the hat, the story trots out a serviceable old bit from “Seymour, an Introduction,” one of Salinger’s lesser known works, and gives full credit. Delighting.) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Human Wasted *by L***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018* Nicon Walker's novel Cherry captures the low life of the nameless narrator in simple, direct and often vulgar language appropriate for a character so lacking in the discipline necessary to lead a self-directed life defined by beliefs, goals, integrity, and the consideration others. The narrator, self-absorbed from the beginning, shirks responsibility for his own development and seeks only the instant gratification of his base desires rather than pursuing any lofty achievement with his obvious inherent though unrefined talents. He'd rather be a do nothing, know nothing scum bag than actually give himself over to the expectations of the society that has so much to offer him if only he'd take advantage of the options available. That alcohol, sex, and drugs are more appealing to him than education or any kind of gainful employment is not surprising: he is a lazy hedonist who eventually pays dearly for his insatiable appetites and consummate lazyness. He emerges as a symbol, an archetype of youth corrupted by too many possibilities from which to choose in an affluent and free society.Ironically, he tries to break his inevitable fall by joining the military. That's what his kind--the ones who are lost without values or direction--often do in the hopes of having someone else impose the discipline and direction upon their otherwise too weak and inept selves. Of course, his stint in the army and his tour in Iraq do not reform his character, nor do they redeem him of his already long list of crimes against himself and his love objects (the young women in his life). What he experiences in war, though documented in his usual first person narration, happens more to others than to himself. He admits he's a fuck-up as a medic and seems to blame the army for not preparing him better. That may be the case, but by this time his credibility has sunk as low as his character.Upon return to civil society, he continues rejecting opportunity and civility itself, spiraling on his continuum of addiction and misanthropy, bringing the woman he appears to love down with him. That he ends up robbing banks to support their mutual addiction to whatever mind and body altering drugs they can get from any available source is not surprising given the decline from just below normal adolescent development to subnormal adulthood precipitated by lack of self-responsibility.That this novel has been heralded as a modern classic debut is not surprising, for the narrator tells his story with a degree of ownership of his demise as a human being. A reader may not enjoy the story of the dregs of society, but this story certainly qualifies as proof positive that what is lacking in character development in the home needs be addressed elsewhere if this society is going to save young people from their base inclinations. Public, secular schools run by well-educated, respected, value-centered teachers who love young people and wish to serve this nation must be recruited to fill the void left by parents not doing the job, abdicating their duty for whatever reason.The tragedy of human waste is the main theme of Cherry. And of our time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ottimo libro *by I***O on Reviewed in Italy on September 30, 2023* Era un regalo e piaciuto --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/105508595-cherry](https://www.desertcart.at/products/105508595-cherry) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-05-04*