Beg, Borrow, Steal
Author | : Michael Greenberg |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2010-11-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307740670 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307740676 |
Rating | : 4/5 (676 Downloads) |
Download or read book Beg, Borrow, Steal written by Michael Greenberg and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Greenberg entertainingly chronicles the hardships, delights, and moral dilemmas of being a writer and a New Yorker in this "darkly comic" essay collection (The New York Review of Books). To eke out a living, Greenberg doctors doomed movie scripts, peddles cosmetics on the street, and waits tables at a posh restaurant, all while raising his son on the Lower East Side. Along the way, he meets a host of fascinating city characters, including a Holocaust survivor, a repentant communist, and rats who behave like humans. Hilarious and bittersweet, Greenberg's stories invite us into a world where the familial, the literary, the tragic, and the mundane not only speak to one another, but deeply enjoy the exchange.