Publication

2012 - Feral House, Port Townsend, WA, Washington (State)

Language

English

Word Count

61,250 words, Guess

Page Count

245 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101936239485
  • ISBN-139781936239481
  • OCLC Control Number783154071
  • Better World Books9781936239481
  • Open LibraryOL27142532M

Classifications

  • DDC917.253
  • LCCHQ
  • LCCHQ1073.5.M6
and 1 more
  • LCCF1386.23 .H65 2012

Description

In the '80s, when author/photographer Kurt Hollander lived in New York and published The Portable Lower East, life there was particularly rough, and cops often drove yellow cabs as a method to surprise and roust its residents. Before the decade ended, Hollander moved to the equally rough climes of Mexico City, making his living writing and photographing for The Guardian, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. Hollander's visual and textual extravaganza, Several Ways to Die in Mexico City, provides a perspective of this extraordinary city that could only have been caught by an observant outsider who lived in all its nooks and crannies for over two decades. Crammed with caustic but fair observations of the city's history, food, cults, drugs, and buildings, Hollander proves that he can love a city and culture that also kills its inhabitants softly. The book contains dozens of extraordinary photographs.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Several ways to die in Mexico City: an autobiographyFeral House2012-01-01

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