Up in the Old Hotel

Up in the Old HotelSaloon keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93 year old "seafoodetarian" who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, Old Mr. Flood, The Bottom of the Harbor, and Joe Gould's Secret that are still renowned for their precise,

Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-year-old "seafoodetarian" who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books--McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, Old Mr. Flood, The Bottom of the Harbor, and Joe Gould's Secret--that are still renowned for their precise, respectful observation, their graveyard humor, and their offhand perfection of style.

These masterpieces (along with several previously uncollected stories) are available in one volume, which presents an indelible collective portrait of an unsuspected New York and its odder citizens--as depicted by one of the great writers of this or any other time.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/01/1993
ISBN: 9780679746317
Pages: 736
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.28w x 1.26d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 05/11/2001 pg. 74
New York Review of Books 09/20/2001 pg. 10
Booklist 02/01/2004 pg. 944
Library Journal 12/01/2004 pg. 186
Publishers Weekly 05/03/1993