Title:
Building material : the memoir of a Park Avenue doorman
Edition:
First Harper hardcover edition.
First edition.
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
viii, 240 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:
9780063347557
Abstract:
"For fans of books like Oscar Wars, London's Number One Dog Walking Agency, and Waiter Rant, and all those who have always wondered what the driver for Sex and the City's Mr. Big has to say, comes this heartfelt, laugh-out-loud memoir from a New York City doorman with astute ears and a penchant for storytelling"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue -- Summer guy -- Empty spaces -- Martin Luther King, Good: Malcolm X, bad -- DIY hero -- The neighborhood watch -- Three phone calls -- First things first -- Tecato -- The ivy cleaver -- Purge -- Rush hour -- Cyrus Von Bruno -- The sports -- McCarthy -- High stakes -- Cast of characters -- Heavy hitters -- Billie Jean King -- BAWB -- Tony Borowski -- The museum and the super monk -- O'range man -- Revolushong! -- Climate change -- The good news -- Seeing dollar signs -- Park Avenue reps -- The blooms -- The blues -- Acknowledgments.
Personal Subject:
Genre:
Language:
English
