In the early 1970s, the writer Ian Frazier left a small town in Ohio to move to a loft in lower Manhattan. Gone to New York is Frazier's account of the city over the thirty years, a book as full of vitality and charm as the city it describes. It features street scenes from every corner of the metropolis, where every block is an event and where the denizens are larger than life. Meet the man who climbed the World Trade Center, learn the location of Manhattan's antipodes, and follow Frazier down Canal Street in the mid-1970s, to Brooklyn in the 1980s and aboard the F Train in the twenty-first century. Like his literary forebears Joseph Mitchell and A. J. Liebling, Frazier makes us fall in love with America's greatest city all over again - just the way he did.

In the early 1970s, Ian Frazier left a small town in Ohio to move to a loft in lower Manhattan. This book is his account of the city over thirty years - where every block is an event and where the denizens are larger than life.

About the Author
Ian Frazier is the author of Great Plains (also available from Granta Books), among other books. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Reviews
"* 'Frazier is an incredible writer' Los Angeles Times * 'A writer of uncommon grace and subtlety' Chicago Tribune * 'Whether on a paved shore in Harlem or in the middle of Montana, Frazier writes with unpretentious lyricism and comedy' Minneapolis Star Tribune * 'Frazier is a great storyteller [who] writes history with passion and delight' Newsweek * 'One of America's funniest writers' Vogue"



Book Information
ISBN 9781862078208
Author Ian Frazier
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 300g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 137mm * 16mm