Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York

Washington Post 10 Best Graphic Novels of the Year
New York Magazine The Year's Most Giftable Coffee Table Books
Newsday Best Fall Books
The Verge The Ten Best Comics of the Year
An Indie Next Pick
Winner of the New York City Book Award

From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast, an absolutely laugh-out-loud hysterical (AP) illustrated ode/guide/thank-you to Manhattan.

New Yorker cartoonist and NYT bestselling author Roz Chast, native Brooklynite-turned-suburban commuter deemed the quintessential New Yorker, has always been intensely alive to the glorious spectacle that is Manhattan--the daily clash of sidewalk racers and dawdlers; the fascinating range of dress codes; and the priceless, nutty outbursts of souls from all walks of life.

For Chast, adjusting to life outside the city was surreal--(you can own trees!? you have to drive!?)--but she recognized that the reverse was true for her kids. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange visual world of Manhattan--its blackened sidewalk gum-wads, those West Side Story-things (fire escapes)--and its crazily honeycombed systems and grids.

Told through Chast's singularly zany, laugh-out-loud, touching, and true cartoons, Going Into Town is part New York stories (the overheard and overseen of the island borough), part personal and practical guide to walking, talking, renting, and venting--an irresistible, one-of-a-kind love letter to the city.

Author: Roz Chast
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.70w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781620403211
ISBN10: 1620403218
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction | Biography & Memoir
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Roz Chast grew up in Brooklyn. Her cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978, where she has since published more than one thousand. She wrote and illustrated the #1 NYT bestseller (100+ weeks) Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize winner and finalist for the National Book Award; What I Hate: From A to Z; and her cartoon collections The Party, After You Left and Theories of Everything. She was awarded the Harvey Award Hall of Fame Award.