I thought Tama Janowitz presented a myriad of details about life in New York City, which was the best aspect of this book. It was a satire, and it certainly shows how a woman was wasting her life trying to find a rich man to marry without developing anything within herself to sustain her. The u...
I think the best thing about this book might be the hilarious cover.Slaves of New York is a linked series of short stories which, while not adding up to a novel, are for the most part observant and fun takes on the art scene in New York City in the 1980s. Many of the characters are met once and n...
Outside was a mob scene, crowds pushing and shoving to get in. I don’t want to go in if these are what the people are like outside, I thought. I mean, if you couldn’t stand the people on the street, why would you want to be trapped indoors with them? So I did not go to the...