Work and Other Sins; Life in New York City and Thereabouts Unknown - 2005

Penguin Books, 2005-01-31. Paperback. Good. 1.1000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.4000 in. 2005. Penguin Books. Paperback. 357 pages. Some minor edge wear to cover. Pages are good.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy"Except for a few drinks, nothing is free in Charlie LeDuff's blunt and touching Work and Other Sins. The laughter and wisdom are hard won, the lessons are often painful... the sad tales and wit from the bar rail are endless and timeless." --The New York Times Book ReviewCharlie LeDuff is that rare breed of news reporter—one who can cover hard-to-get-at stories in a unique and deeply personal style. In Work and Other Sins, he gives his incomparable take on New York City and its denizens—the bars, the workingmen, the gamblers, the eccentrics, the lonesome, and the wise. Whether writing about a racetrack gambler, a firefighter with a broken heart, or a pair of bickering brothers and their Coney Island bar, LeDuff takes the reader into the lives of his subjects to explore their fears, faults, and fantasies as well as their own small niches of the globe. The result is an at turns riotous, dirt-under-the-nails, contemplative,… Leer más

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Penguin Books, 2005. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. Slight bump to heel of front joint, slight rubbing to bottom front cover corner, otherwise essentially as issued. 1st ptg..

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