{"product_id":"work-and-other-sins-life-in-new-york-city-and-thereabouts-paperback","title":"Work and Other Sins: Life in New York City and Thereabouts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlie Leduff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDetroit: An American Autopsy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Except for a few drinks, nothing is free in Charlie LeDuff's blunt and touching \u003ci\u003eWork and Other Sins\u003c\/i\u003e. The laughter and wisdom are hard won, the lessons are often painful... the sad tales and wit from the bar rail are endless and timeless.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie LeDuff is that rare breed of news reporter--one who can cover hard-to-get-at stories in a unique and deeply personal style. In \u003ci\u003eWork and Other Sins, \u003c\/i\u003ehe gives his incomparable take on New York City and its denizens--the bars, the workingmen, the gamblers, the eccentrics, the lonesome, and the wise. Whether writing about a racetrack gambler, a firefighter with a broken heart, or a pair of bickering brothers and their Coney Island bar, LeDuff takes the reader into the lives of his subjects to explore their fears, faults, and fantasies as well as their own small niches of the globe. The result is an at turns riotous, dirt-under-the-nails, contemplative, salty, joyous, whiskey-tinged, and utterly unique vision of life in the Big Apple.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHARLIE LEDUFF was a staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and a reporter at the \u003ci\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/i\u003e, and is now a television journalist for Detroit's Fox 2 News. He contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e series and has received a Meyer Berger Award for distinguished writing about New York City. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWork and Other Sins, US Guys, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eDetroit: An American Autopsy.\u003c\/i\u003e LeDuff lives with his wife and daughter on the edge of the Detroit city limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 357\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.44 x 5.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755290591520,"sku":"9780143034940","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/35d989ec4f7b7eb112f7495987933464.webp?v=1780054854","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/work-and-other-sins-life-in-new-york-city-and-thereabouts-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}