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Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost And Found In New York's Underground Economy (2013)

by Sudhir Venkatesh(Favorite Author)

3.28 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1594204160 (ISBN13: 9781594204166)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Penguin Press HC, The

review 1: As a socioeconomic study, this book has very little or no merit at all. I grew up in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and I am very familiar with many of the other neighborhoods mentioned in this story, as well as the workings of the so-called underground economy. You can't bullshit a bullshitter, and this book is complete bullshit. If the author is willing to fudge one tiny fact in this narrative, and I KNOW he has.. That negates the ENTIRE work as a piece of nonfiction. I'm disappointed to say, this book is a complete load of shit. Mildly entertaining, but complete bollocks.
review 2: Flashes of interesting details about the underground economy of New York are present in this book, but they are few and far between, separated far too often by belly-aching, meaning... moreless meandering, and indulgent writing. As the book goes on, the author loses sight of what the book is supposed to be about, and becomes a rather boring display of outright narcissism, in which the author's thoughts and concerns about himself overwhelm and take the place of discussion of the underground economy. Overall, a waste of time. less

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