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37 ratings, 3.24 average rating, 8 reviews
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published
January 1st 2005
by RB Large Print
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Hardcover, 497 pages
isbn
141935678X
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Read in April, 2005
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An excellent story about a NYC neighborhood and the characters that inhabit it.
The thing w/ this book is you don't feel like you're reading the author's story. Nick Kurlansky has succeeded in completely removing his voice from the pages, a feat I have rarely encountered in works of fiction and one that makes the book eminently enjoyable.
Kurlansky has wonderful knack for characterizing each individual in this story w/ unique dialog and language - impressive considering it takes place in ...more
The thing w/ this book is you don't feel like you're reading the author's story. Nick Kurlansky has succeeded in completely removing his voice from the pages, a feat I have rarely encountered in works of fiction and one that makes the book eminently enjoyable.
Kurlansky has wonderful knack for characterizing each individual in this story w/ unique dialog and language - impressive considering it takes place in ...more
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Read in May, 2006
Boogaloo attracted me almost solely based on its title. Then I peeked at the blurb and discovered it took place in the East Village during the late 80's. The first 75 pages or so drag the hell on as they introduce an assload of characters that live in the neighborhood and therefore make up the fabric of the book. The main character is a more-or-less lapsed Jew named Nathan that owns a small copy shop and is having a semi-midlife crisis. The book picks up after everyone is introduced and they...more
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Read in March, 2006
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I was disappointed to see Kurlansky fall on his face in a first fiction fumble. It's a good subject, though. A diverse community of Jews, Italians, Hispanics, white Yuppies and the rich Asians, all resisting each other, and living together in the 1980s Lower East Side. There are some memorable moments of history within, but all in all, It's a most confusing novelization. Worth reading once, just to glean the highlights of the time.
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Read in January, 2007
I got this from the library and enjoyed what I read of it, but drifted away from it. Keep meaning to check it out again to read the rest. But it was just what I wanted: a novel with a food-related bent.
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Read in November, 2007
Interesting book for anyone familiar with the east village. Other than that, its cute, but there's really not that much there. I'd still recommend it though.
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Read in October, 2007
Picked up this book due to the colorful interesting cover. I wasn't impressed by the story.
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Read in March, 2007
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people who need a good laugh
This book was hilarious!
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