Bullfrog's review
Up in the Old Hotel
by Joseph Mitchell
Bullfrog's review
Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell
Bullfrog's review
rating:
recommended for: nyc lovers, character studies
The end-all and be-all of character profiles weird and wonderful. Joseph Mitchell used to write for the New Yorker in the 30s-50s, and did wonderful, wonderful pieces on the various folks he'd encounter, and the food they'd eat together (the man really like his seafood). It's one of those books you wish you could live out, frequenting the dives that Mitchell did and talking with the Native American steel workers and drunken intellectuals along the way. Just a fantastic book.
