Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Mitchell, Joseph |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 6/1/1993 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a beardedlady and a 93-year-old “seafoodetarian” who believes his specialized diet will keephim alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchellimmortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books—McSorley’s WonderfulSaloon, Old Mr. Flood, The Bottom of the Harbor, and Joe Gould’s Secret—that arestill renowned for their precise, respectful observation, their graveyard humor,and their offhand perfection of style.
These masterpieces (along with several previouslyuncollected stories) are available in one volume, which presents an indelible collectiveportrait of an unsuspected New York and its odder citizens—as depicted by one ofthe great writers of this or any other time.
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