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Key Phrases: tourist guy, tourist girl, black chick, New York, Drunk Irish, Times Square (more...)
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Updated with sixteen new pages of quips, remarks and exchanges from the creators of overheardinnewyork.com.

The streets of New York are full of characters who don't mince words-or care who hears them. This collection presents some of the most outlandish real life conversations overheard on the sidewalk, in the subway, and at the next table. It's the Big Apple peeled, a hysterically unvarnished portrait of the city that never sleeps-and often neglects to think before it speaks in public.

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Perigee Trade; Updated edition (February 5, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0399534083
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399534089
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #813,903 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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tourist guy, tourist girl, black chick, drunk guy
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New York, Drunk Irish, Times Square, Old Italian, Short Story, Union Square, Staten Island, Empire State Building, Star Trek, Big Brooklyn, Ground Zero, Duane Reade, South Africa, Statue of Liberty, Upper East Side, Cornelia Street, Homeless Man
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bits of Overheard Conversation from one of the World's Greatest Cities, February 22, 2008
By Pallbear (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
  
I read the Kindle version of this book and it was a great match for the Kindle. Like the other book by this author (Overheard in The Office) there was an occasional line break problem because of the "screenplay" format the book used. For instance you might see:

Panhandler: Hey Lady. Lady: What?

whereas it should appear like:

Panhandler: Hey Lady.
Lady: What.

But this problem was infrequent and didn't take away from the rapid fire humorous text.

Each overheard quote would have an appropriate title that tied the whole quote together. Typically I would read the title, read the overheard conversation and the reread the title and crack up. Many of the quotes were sexual in nature - so if this bothers you than this not be the book for you (try a Kindle Sample or checkout the overheardinnewyork website). But if you like funny quotes and humor and don't mind a bit of sexual innuendo this book is great.

Whereas I found the author's other book "Overheard in the Office" a bit too skimpy this book was just the perfect size although (as is the case with the "Office" book) "Overheard in New York" it appears that all of the quotes are available for free on the associated website where the information originally appeared. The book however does a great job of organizing like topics together so it really flows whereas the quotes on the website are random.
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