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World Hotels - Old Mr. Flood
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Manufacturer: MacAdam/Cage
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781596921221
ISBN: 1596921226
Label: MacAdam/Cage
Manufacturer: MacAdam/Cage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 120
Publication Date: 2005-04-22
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage
Studio: MacAdam/Cage
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Summary: classic
Comment: I have recently become familiar with this classic New Yorker writer. My first was AJ Leibling. Now I have Joseph Mitchell to enjoy as well! The timeless style that these writers weave thier words with is so wonderful. Every time I begin a new work I begin to worry that it will end too soon. It almost always does. I think these writers are the pinnacle of an American style and time period that I love. I relish their works.
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Summary: 100 word review from Guttertype.com
Comment: Fiction originally published in the 1940s. New York. Character driven. Writer from the New Yorker best known for Joe Gould's Secret? At least the movie. The writing is as fresh as when first published. Quick read. Striking prose. Example of what American fiction should be. This is the kind of writing one expects in anthologies on how to write. Books like this hold me for the rest of the year as I trudge through faddish fiction and quickly composed books. Elegant in form, common in subject matter, and comfortable in tone. You should already know what to expect from this.
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Summary: A well-lived life
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What kind of an eccentric would feast on an ancient Boston breakfast of fried cod tongues, cheeks and relish the sounds of gelatinous air bladders? Perhaps the inimitable Mr. Flood, an older gentleman determined to stretch his life to one hundred fifteen years on a diet that consists mainly of fish. Mr. Flood has no desire to meet his Maker and enjoy the fruits of his Baptist belief, because enjoys every minute of living. With a firm belief in the quality of a fish diet in prolonging life., Mr. Flood is frequently seen at the Fulton Fish Market picking out that day's fare, by now something of an icon, always precisely dressed and dapper, a man in his 90's who still has his own teeth and doesn't need glasses.
Mr. Flood hasn't endured the discomforts of a cold since 1912. Not adverse to a few drinks of his favorite Scotch, he has been known to supplement his diet with such select spirits. And aside from the occasional hangover, he believes oysters can cure any ailment. Is Mr. Flood the real deal? Perhaps not in this incarnation, but the author has combined the aspects of several old gentlemen over the years, "truthful rather than factual", Mr. Flood's existence based solidly on fact.
With anecdotal vigor, Mitchell documents a day in the life of the extraordinary Mr. Flood, perusing the New England world of a man who has seen much of history pass by, but isn't finished playing his part in the drama. The epitome of the independent spirit that characterized so many of his generation, Mr. Flood is the essence of Americana, an individual who is proud of his achievement, justifiably so. Old school plain-spoken, Mr. Flood is proud of his penchant for alcoholic comforts of an evening, part of a vanishing breed, a gentleman who serves as a reminder of a generation that asked for nothing, unafraid to toil for a living. His voice echoes through the years, a denizen of the East River Fish Markets and neighborhood pubs, satisfied to end each day well fed, determined to give as good as he gets, leaving his mark on the world he inhabits. This is a man who will not go quietly into that dark good night.
This small, intimate book looks into the lifestyle of an old-style gentleman. Reaching the end of his life, he remains tenacious and determined, as dapper today as when he was a young man with a bright future ahead. Luan Gaines/2005.
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