{"product_id":"the-heart-of-the-world-9780679744375","title":"The Heart of the World","description":"The history of Broadway has been written before, but never better. . . . The verbal energy that pours off these pages is enough to transform the hell of...Times Square into a rough-hewn heaven, neon lit and open all night. . . . The only thing wrong with this book is it isn't longer. --\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nik Cohn ushers readers along the street he calls The Heart of the World. producing a book that is a resplendent pageant of New York's high--and low--life. Among the characters we meet are a golden-tongued cab driver who calls himself a collector of farces; a pickpocket with the terrifying gift of impersonating his marks; a heartbreakingly beautiful Dominican transvestite named Lush Life; strippers; pseudo-prophets; and a disgraced political veteran of the days when the graft was still honest. Conducted by a writer with the manic energy of a sideshow barker and the full-blooded lyricism of a raucous poet, this is a bebop odyssey along the Great White Way that reaches in implication far beyond the streets of New York to document the ever-evolving mixtures that make up America itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A lovely, bracing book, full to bursting with juicy, tasty, rancid life. While making its bawdy way through crowded spaces . . . it also travels through modern times . . . wondrous. --USA TODAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nik Cohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 6.26w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679744375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNik Cohn \u003c\/b\u003ewas brought up in Derry, Northern Ireland. His books include \u003ci\u003eI Am Still the Greatest Says Johnny Angelo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ball the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Heart of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eTriksta\u003c\/i\u003e. He also wrote the story that gave rise to \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Fever\u003c\/i\u003e and collaborated on \u003ci\u003eRock Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e with the artist Guy Peellaert. He lives in Shelter Island, New York, and Ardara, County Donegal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40085635793011,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6140aa21-9a05-4b0b-9a15-0befc4f53c2d.jpg?v=1652450938","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-heart-of-the-world-9780679744375","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}