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YA. This collection of 14 stories is based on the author's experience as a professional locksmith in New York City. A young man, Kostman is on call at all hours. He offers aid to people locked out of cars or apartments or provides release or protection for their possessions. In the course of such duties, he encounters a variety of city dwellers old and young, housewives and gangsters, all desperate for his services and rich in those idiosyncrasies attributed to New Yorkers. He meets Eddie Cantor's 92-year-old cousin; Buggsy Siegel's doctor; and others all haggling over payment, skipping out, or (rarely) rewarding him. The appealing main character and varied sequences will attract YAs, as will the humor.?Frances Reiher, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Entertainment Weekly
Over years of letting some people in and bolting others out, locksmith author Kostman has played hero to enough New York crazies--Eddie Cantor's cousin, age 92; a roomful of blithe, unconcerned naked men; one of his own forgetful high school teachers--to staff a dozen Woody Allen movies. These understated episodes are by turns hilariously erotic and terribly sad.
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YA. This collection of 14 stories is based on the author's experience as a professional locksmith in New York City. A young man, Kostman is on call at all hours. He offers aid to people locked out of cars or apartments or provides release or protection for their possessions. In the course of such duties, he encounters a variety of city dwellers old and young, housewives and gangsters, all desperate for his services and rich in those idiosyncrasies attributed to New Yorkers. He meets Eddie Cantor's 92-year-old cousin; Buggsy Siegel's doctor; and others all haggling over payment, skipping out, or (rarely) rewarding him. The appealing main character and varied sequences will attract YAs, as will the humor.?Frances Reiher, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Entertainment Weekly
Over years of letting some people in and bolting others out, locksmith author Kostman has played hero to enough New York crazies--Eddie Cantor's cousin, age 92; a roomful of blithe, unconcerned naked men; one of his own forgetful high school teachers--to staff a dozen Woody Allen movies. These understated episodes are by turns hilariously erotic and terribly sad.
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