The FiFi Report 054

Tall Island by Bill Powers
All the magazines are talking about ‘Tall Island’ a “sympathetic satire set in Manhattan circa 2002”. Actor Alan Cummigs says (on Amazon.com) that “it makes Sex and The City look like kindergarten” Is that good or bad? Mmm, I’m thinking good, if it’s from Charlotte’s point of view. Tall Island ” follows three downtown New Yorkers bluffing their way through the aftermath of open bars, estranged relations, and scorched earth. Offering a snapshot of the city in the grace period between 9/11 and the War in Iraq, ‘Tall Island’ captures a complicated slice of New York and is a complex, true-to-the-point-of-painful satire of all that New Yorkers strive to be.” And the fabulous actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, says ” Everything I love about New York is in this book.” So there.
$18 Amazon