Area Code 212: New York Days, New York Nights

by Tama Janowitz

Book Overview

Nile Nightingale is on the run. Fleeing across the border to rural Quebec, he seeks refuge at an abandoned church when his junked-up, overstimulated mind takes in that he has just witnessed a body drop in a bloody sack tied with Christmas ribbon. The contents, unconscious but still alive, turn out to be fifteen-year-old Celeste Jonqueres, who has been beaten and slashed, like wild game, to slowly bleed out. From his hideout, as he nurses his patient...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312320620
• ISBN13: 9780312320621
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

And 718!

Having slogged through several VERY IMPORTANT and no doubt much book clubbed novels of the sort where a trio of southern ladies is glimpsed baking their baked goods while dancing to the Shirelles, it was like taking off a girdle to read these short pieces. Even when certain key points are repeated, belying a sort of publishing house sloppiness, I didn't mind - I'm all for Tama making a buck without having to rework old material that still rings fresh and funny. Make that very very very funny - and I was gratified that Brooklyn, despite the title, loomed so large. Dang, I should have moved here in the early 80s!