May 30, 2017
The Heart of the World – Nik Cohn
After dissecting the world of rock’n’roll in Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom (http://bit.ly/1Yye4MC) Nik Cohn takes us on a New York journey like no other. From Battery Park to Times Square, he discovers ‘the world within itself’ - Broadway.
Escorted by a drum-playing Russian taxi driver, fuelled by duck soup and whiskey and sleeping in crackhouse hotels, Cohn encountered pickpockets, dancers, old magicians, disgraced politicians, epic storytellers, part-time messiahs, and an unforgettable transvestite called Lush Life.
It’s an unforgettable, hallucinogenic journey and a love letter to a dream of a New York now lost.
The Heart of the World is published by Vintage Classics.
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