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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jiler writes like Tom Wolfe, my highest compliment.,
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This review is from: Sleeping with the Mayor: A True Story (Hardcover)
This is the new Tom Wolfe novel I've been waiting for since "Bonfire of the Vanities," even though it's not a novel and Tom Wolfe didn't write it. This vivid recounting of battles waged by a group of New York's homeless is a hilarious page-turner, not what you would expect. Author John Jiler, a freelance writer for the Village Voice, writes first-hand about events he lived, and fills the book with deeply known, extraordinary characters, in Quixotic combat with New York Mayor Ed Koch. The unwelcome residents of "Kochville," a park across the street from City Hall, come together for an overnight vigil in pouring rain, and stay together week after week to create a community for themselves and each other which none of them even dreamed possible.Great reading! |
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Sleeping with the Mayor: A True Story by John Jiler (Hardcover - October 1, 2000)
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