Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell

Up in the Old Hotel : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099561590 : 009956159X : 05 Jul 2012 : He captured the waterfront rooming-houses , nickel-a-drink saloons, all-night restaurants, the 'visionaries, obsessives, imposters, fanatics, lost souls, the end-is-near street preachers, old Gypsy Kings and old Gypsy Queens, and out-and-out freak-show freaks.' Mitchell's trademark curiosity, respect and graveyard humour fuel these magical essays.