"Life on Sandpaper" by Yoram Kaniuk is a fictional memoir detailing the author's time in 1950s bohemian New York, filled with encounters with famous figures like Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Marlon Brando, and James Dean.

Yoram Kaniuk, wounded in Israel's Independence War, found refuge in bohemian life in Greenwich Village with the help of a friend named Gandy.