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  1. The Toy Collector is a novel written by James Gunn, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2000. It is the story of a hospital orderly who steals drugs from the hospital which he sells to help keep his toy collection habit alive.

  2. Jan 1, 2000 · The Toy Collector is a wickedly funny portrait of a young man who sells stolen pharmaceuticals to finance his growing addiction to memorabilia. An orderly at a Times Square hospital, he buys his toys at exorbitant prices, searching the familiar tacky plastic in a perverse effort to avoid adulthood.

  3. Sep 7, 2011 · The toy collector. by. Gunn, James, 1970-. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Toys, Hospitals. Publisher. New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the press by St. Martin's Press.

  4. Jul 6, 2001 · The Toy Collector is a wickedly funny portrait of a young man who sells stolen pharmaceuticals to finance his growing addiction to memorabilia. An orderly at a...

  5. Jul 6, 2001 · The Toy Collector is a wickedly funny portrait of a young man who sells stolen pharmaceuticals to finance his growing addiction to memorabilia. An orderly at a Times Square hospital, he buys his toys at exorbitant prices, searching the familiar tacky plastic in a perverse effort to avoid adulthood.

  6. Jan 1, 2000 · The Toy Collector surpasses "T & J" in scope. Gunn names his protagonist, a toy-obsessed prescription-drug pusher, after himself, which is a gutsy move, as James Gunn the character is quite often difficult to like. He's violent and selfish, but he knows it, and even feels guilty about it.

  7. A tragicomic novel about nostalgia, addiction, and 1970s action figures. The Toy Collector is a wickedly funny portrait of a young man who sells stolen pharmaceuticals to finance his growing addiction to memorabilia.