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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210783.Up_in_the_Old_Hotel?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Up in the Old Hotel" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1172724365m/210783.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210783.Up_in_the_Old_Hotel?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Up in the Old Hotel</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/123376.Joseph_Mitchell">Joseph Mitchell</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20205250?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>One of the pinnacles of the idea of laughter through tears. Crazy hobos who talk to seagulls, sad lonely old men, restaurant owners and fishing boat operators speak through Joseph Mitchell. This is both intensely specific New Yorkishness, and as universal as talking to some crazy on the bus. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1084755?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>