"A tour de force." --Luc Sante, "The New York Times Book Review
""Pitch-perfect. . . . Utterly authentic. . . . The Colossus of New York""is quite simply the most delicious 13 bites of the Big Apple I've taken in ages." --Grace Lichenstein, "The Washington Post
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"A love letter to New York. . . . "Colossus "illuminates innumerable little moments that define the city." --"San Francisco Chronicle
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"The cheapest, most stylish ticket to the Big Apple between two covers. . . . .It's as if Whitehead's scooped his pen into the collective unconscious of everyone who's ever visited New York." --"Pittsburg Post-Gazette
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"A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead's engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb." --"The Miami Herald
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"Smooth, dazzling, evocative. . . . [Whitehead] writes wonderfully, commanding a lush, poetic, mellifluous prose instrument." -"The Nation"
"[Whitehead is] a scientist of metropolitan encounters, he surveys places where the masses collide, knitting together hundreds of observations and calculations that usually remain unspoken. . . . The musical prose thrums with urban momentum." --"The Village Voice"
"[Whithead's] New York, like Walt Whitman's or Thomas Pynchon's or Woody Allen's, is full of incantatory potential. Even the subway, ordinary, noisy, gruddy inevitability, becomes a ferry to the Underworld." --"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"[A] rapsodic ode to Gotham." --"Time Out
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"Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan." --"The Seattle Times
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"Whitehead's series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead's home." --"The Oregonian
""Lyrical. . . . Lean and full of longing. . . . The kind of book that will be . . . passed around, dog-eared, library-tagged, resold, from reader to reader. . . . Whitehead takes a known and specific place and universalizes it, insinuating it into the meshwork of our thoughts in a manner impervious to time and trend." --"Minneapolis Star Tribune"
"Thrums with anxious excitement and excited anxiety accommodating the noirish, the reportorial, and the epigrammatic. . . . The best passages deserve comparison with E.B. White's "Here is New York."" --"Entertainment Weekly"
"Whitehead [is] one of the city's and country's finest young writers. . . . [A] guided tour de force." --"Chicago Tribune
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"Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan." --"The Seattle Times
"
"A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead's engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb." --"Miami Herald"
"Profound and playful." --"Los Angeles Times
"
"Whitehead's series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead's home." --"The Oregonian
"
"Rhapsodic love letters . . . elegant, ambitious essays." --"New York Post"
"Impressionistic . . . [an] affecting homage to E.B. White." --"New York Magazine" (Top Fall Book Pick)"
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A tour de force. Luc Sante, "The New York Times Book Review
" Pitch-perfect. . . . Utterly authentic. . . . The Colossus of New York" "is quite simply the most delicious 13 bites of the Big Apple I ve taken in ages. --Grace Lichenstein, "The Washington Post
"
A love letter to New York. . . . "Colossus "illuminates innumerable little moments that define the city. "San Francisco Chronicle
"
The cheapest, most stylish ticket to the Big Apple between two covers. . . . .It s as if Whitehead s scooped his pen into the collective unconscious of everyone who s ever visited New York. "Pittsburg Post-Gazette
"
A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead s engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb. "The Miami Herald
"
Smooth, dazzling, evocative. . . . [Whitehead] writes wonderfully, commanding a lush, poetic, mellifluous prose instrument. "The Nation"
[Whitehead is] a scientist of metropolitan encounters, he surveys places where the masses collide, knitting together hundreds of observations and calculations that usually remain unspoken. . . . The musical prose thrums with urban momentum. "The Village Voice"
[Whithead s] New York, like Walt Whitman s or Thomas Pynchon s or Woody Allen s, is full of incantatory potential. Even the subway, ordinary, noisy, gruddy inevitability, becomes a ferry to the Underworld. "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
[A] rapsodic ode to Gotham. "Time Out
"
Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan. "The Seattle Times
"
Whitehead s series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead s home. "The Oregonian
" Lyrical. . . . Lean and full of longing. . . . The kind of book that will be . . . passed around, dog-eared, library-tagged, resold, from reader to reader. . . . Whitehead takes a known and specific place and universalizes it, insinuating it into the meshwork of our thoughts in a manner impervious to time and trend. "Minneapolis Star Tribune"
Thrums with anxious excitement and excited anxiety accommodating the noirish, the reportorial, and the epigrammatic. . . . The best passages deserve comparison with E.B. White s "Here is New York." "Entertainment Weekly"
Whitehead [is] one of the city s and country s finest young writers. . . . [A] guided tour de force. "Chicago Tribune
"
Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan. "The Seattle Times
"
A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead s engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb. "Miami Herald"
Profound and playful. "Los Angeles Times
"
Whitehead s series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead s home. "The Oregonian
"
Rhapsodic love letters . . . elegant, ambitious essays. "New York Post"
Impressionistic . . . [an] affecting homage to E.B. White. "New York Magazine" (Top Fall Book Pick)"
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A tour de force. Luc Sante,
The New York Times Book Review
Pitch-perfect. . . . Utterly authentic. . . .
The Colossus of New York is quite simply the most delicious 13 bites of the Big Apple I ve taken in ages. --Grace Lichenstein,
The Washington Post
A love letter to New York. . . .
Colossus illuminates innumerable little moments that define the city.
San Francisco Chronicle
The cheapest, most stylish ticket to the Big Apple between two covers. . . . .It s as if Whitehead s scooped his pen into the collective unconscious of everyone who s ever visited New York.
Pittsburg Post-Gazette
A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead s engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb.
The Miami Herald
Smooth, dazzling, evocative. . . . [Whitehead] writes wonderfully, commanding a lush, poetic, mellifluous prose instrument.
The Nation [Whitehead is] a scientist of metropolitan encounters, he surveys places where the masses collide, knitting together hundreds of observations and calculations that usually remain unspoken. . . . The musical prose thrums with urban momentum.
The Village Voice [Whithead s] New York, like Walt Whitman s or Thomas Pynchon s or Woody Allen s, is full of incantatory potential. Even the subway, ordinary, noisy, gruddy inevitability, becomes a ferry to the Underworld.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [A] rapsodic ode to Gotham.
Time Out
Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan.
The Seattle Times
Whitehead s series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead s home.
The Oregonian
Lyrical. . . . Lean and full of longing. . . . The kind of book that will be . . . passed around, dog-eared, library-tagged, resold, from reader to reader. . . . Whitehead takes a known and specific place and universalizes it, insinuating it into the meshwork of our thoughts in a manner impervious to time and trend.
Minneapolis Star Tribune Thrums with anxious excitement and excited anxiety accommodating the noirish, the reportorial, and the epigrammatic. . . . The best passages deserve comparison with E.B. White s
Here is New York.
Entertainment Weekly Whitehead [is] one of the city s and country s finest young writers. . . . [A] guided tour de force.
Chicago Tribune
Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan.
The Seattle Times
A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead s engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb.
Miami Herald Profound and playful.
Los Angeles Times
Whitehead s series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead s home.
The Oregonian
Rhapsodic love letters . . . elegant, ambitious essays.
New York Post Impressionistic . . . [an] affecting homage to E.B. White.
New York Magazine (Top Fall Book Pick)
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"A tour de force." --Luc Sante,
The New York Times Book Review "Pitch-perfect. . . . Utterly authentic. . . .
The Colossus of New York is quite simply the most delicious 13 bites of the Big Apple I've taken in ages." --Grace Lichenstein,
The Washington Post
"A love letter to New York. . . .
Colossus illuminates innumerable little moments that define the city." --
San Francisco Chronicle
"The cheapest, most stylish ticket to the Big Apple between two covers. . . . .It's as if Whitehead's scooped his pen into the collective unconscious of everyone who's ever visited New York." --
Pittsburg Post-Gazette
"A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead's engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb." --
The Miami Herald
"Smooth, dazzling, evocative. . . . [Whitehead] writes wonderfully, commanding a lush, poetic, mellifluous prose instrument." -
The Nation "[Whitehead is] a scientist of metropolitan encounters, he surveys places where the masses collide, knitting together hundreds of observations and calculations that usually remain unspoken. . . . The musical prose thrums with urban momentum." --
The Village Voice "[Whitehead' s] New York, like Walt Whitman's or Thomas Pynchon's or Woody Allen's, is full of incantatory potential. Even the subway, ordinary, noisy, gruddy inevitability, becomes a ferry to the Underworld." --
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "[A] rhapsodic ode to Gotham." --
Time Out
"Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan." --
The Seattle Times
"Whitehead's series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead's home." --
The Oregonian "Lyrical. . . . Lean and full of longing. . . . The kind of book that will be . . . passed around, dog-eared, library-tagged, resold, from reader to reader. . . . Whitehead takes a known and specific place and universalizes it, insinuating it into the meshwork of our thoughts in a manner impervious to time and trend." --
Minneapolis Star Tribune "Thrums with anxious excitement and excited anxiety accommodating the noirish, the reportorial, and the epigrammatic. . . . The best passages deserve comparison with E.B. White's
Here is New York." --
Entertainment Weekly "Whitehead [is] one of the city's and country's finest young writers. . . . [A] guided tour de force." --
Chicago Tribune
"Jazzlike. . . . A vivid impressionistic montage of Manhattan." --
The Seattle Times
"A revelatory ode to Gotham. . . . Whitehead's engaged eyes and precise prose show us the small details we overlook and the large ones we fail to absorb." --
Miami Herald "Profound and playful." --
Los Angeles Times
"Whitehead's series of vignettes and remembrances paint a perfect visual landscape. . . . A heartfelt tribute to Whitehead's home." --
The Oregonian
"Rhapsodic love letters . . . elegant, ambitious essays." --
New York Post "Impressionistic . . . [an] affecting homage to E.B. White." --
New York Magazine (Top Fall Book Pick)