JUNE 2011 - AudioFile
Newsman Pete Hamill knows newspapers and New York, and he pours that knowledge into a story of one long night and day. Lives—young and old, grizzled and tired—intertwine in this present-day story. The duo of Ellen Archer and Peter Ganim pulls the characters together, reflecting the diverse accents and varying tones of a deep-voiced editor, a Jamaican woman, an elderly artist, an excited young reporter, a serious cop, and an angry young man, among others. One of the best is a “rewrite woman” to whom Archer gives a thick New York accent. All have their problems; all lead their lives bustling through Manhattan streets. Both narrators deftly balance their characters, giving cohesion and realism to Hamill’s work. Chapters are headed by time of day, which is appropriate for the pace. M.B. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
PRAISE FOR TABLOID CITY:
"Murder and mayhem...a ticking time bomb of a novel."—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
"Engrossing...A gritty tone-poem in prose on New York City life—and death."—Alan Cheuse, San Francisco Chronicle
"This is the veteran journalist at his best....Tabloid City stands as both an authentic thriller as well as a farewell to the city that was Hamill's New York."—Sheryl Connelly, New York Daily News
Sheryl Connelly - New York Daily News
"This is the veteran journalist at his best....Tabloid City stands as both an authentic thriller as well as a farewell to the city that was Hamill's New York."
Alan Cheuse - San Francisco Chronicle
"Engrossing...A gritty tone-poem in prose on New York City life--and death."
Susan Salter Reynolds - Los Angeles Times
PRAISE FOR TABLOID CITY:
"Murder and mayhem...a ticking time bomb of a novel."
Tanner Stransky - Entertainment Weekly
"Hamill's love story casts an engaging spell, and Manhattan-lovers will delight in the gritty particulars."
Scott Stephens - Cleveland Plain Dealer
PRAISE FOR NORTH RIVER:
"Lovely, richly textured....Is there another living writer with as firm a grasp on the city's sidewalks, its buildings, its history?"
JUNE 2011 - AudioFile
Newsman Pete Hamill knows newspapers and New York, and he pours that knowledge into a story of one long night and day. Lives—young and old, grizzled and tired—intertwine in this present-day story. The duo of Ellen Archer and Peter Ganim pulls the characters together, reflecting the diverse accents and varying tones of a deep-voiced editor, a Jamaican woman, an elderly artist, an excited young reporter, a serious cop, and an angry young man, among others. One of the best is a “rewrite woman” to whom Archer gives a thick New York accent. All have their problems; all lead their lives bustling through Manhattan streets. Both narrators deftly balance their characters, giving cohesion and realism to Hamill’s work. Chapters are headed by time of day, which is appropriate for the pace. M.B. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
