Ellington Boulevard: A Novel
by Adam Langer
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Author: Adam LangerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-26
ISBN: 0385522061
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
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Book Review: Symphony in A Flat
Summary: 5 Stars
What a glorious read. This book, mostly full of humor but with its share of pathos, concerns Manhattan's continuous uptown gentrification. The neighborhood is upper upper west side (according to real estate broker's description), and the flat in question is on West 106th now called Ellington Boulevard. Towards the end of the book there is a biography of the flat, the ups and downs of the building, the various inhabitants and how long they'd lived there. The characters here are its current tenant, his beloved dog, and the various participants in the sale of the flat. Even the pigeons roosting on the air conditioner's ledge are profiled. At times, Langer has a Dickensian flair for names (e.g., Miles Dimmelow -- says all you need to know about him). But the central character is New York, her charismatic qualities that entice her lovers to pay anything, put up with anything, just to live there.
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