Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue

Kurlansky, Mark

ISBN 10: 0345448189 / ISBN 13: 9780345448187

Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 2005

About this Item

Signed by Kurlansky on the title page. The front board is slightly bumped. The bestselling author of 1968, Salt and Cod makes a transition to fiction in his first novel, a snapshot of the East Village's ethnic melting pot set during the late 1980s. ; 319 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 9068

Bibliographic Details

Title: Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue

Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

A debut novel by the author of Cod captures the lives of the inhabitants of a tight-knit, ethnically diverse neighborhood on the Lower East Side of New York, including Nathan, a claustrophic married man falling for Karoline, a German pastry maker, and his father, Harry, who is plotting with a 1960s boogaloo star to bring back the old dance craze. 60,000 first printing.

About the Author:

MARK KURLANSKY is the New York Times bestselling and James A. Beard Award—winning author of 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, Salt: A World History, The Basque History of the World, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, The White Man in the Tree (a collection of short stories), and several other books. He lives in New York City.