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Boogaloo On 2nd Avenue

By Mark Kurlansky

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Boogaloo On 2nd Avenue

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It's the boom years of the 1980s, and life is closing in on Nathan Seltzer, who rarely travels outside his suddenly gentrifying Lower East Side neighbourhood. While he tries to decide whether he should cheat on his wife with Karoline, a German pastry chef whose parents may or may not have been Nazis, his father, Harry, is plotting with the 1960s boogaloo star Chow Mein Vega for the comeback of this dance craze. Meanwhile, a homicidal drug addict is terrorizing the neighbourhood. With its ensemble cast of unforgettable characters, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue is a comedy of cultures about the old and the new, about Latinos, Jews, Sicilians and Germans. It's about struggling to hold onto life in a rapidly changing world, about food and sex and about how our lives are shaped by love and guilt.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2006-04-06
Publication Date:
2006-04-06
Publisher:
Puffin Classics
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099477645
ISBN13:
9780099477648
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
262 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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