Low Life
Subtitle: Lures and Snares of Old New York
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: September 1, 1991
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780374194147
First sentence: LONG, NARROW MANHATTAN ISLAND SITS IN THE BAY, AMONG OTHER ISLANDS, OUTCROPPINGS, FLATLANDS, LIKE A SILHOUETTE OF A RIGHT whale navigating a rocky passage; on the area map, among blank-faced formations all like itself colored yellow for density of population, it lies like a smelt in a pan.