In a fictional portrait of the quintessential old-time New Yorker, retired house wrecker Hugh G. Flood is determined to live to be 115 years old on a diet of fresh seafood, harbor air, and the occasional good scotch.
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"Mitchell is a pioneer of the long quote in journalism and a master of making it sing." -- Village Voice, April 29, 2005
"Nuanced, insightful, and painstakingly lifelike...a memorable tale of a vanished urban landscape as significant today [as] 60 years ago." -- Time Out Chicago, April 28, 2005
"One of the century’s best reporters...An amazing portrait of a New York long since paved over." -- Playboy, May 2005
"Readers won’t quickly forget Flood or his friends." -- Pages Magazine, May/June 2005
"[Flood] conveys in his very being the aura of old New York...Mr. Flood is unforgettable." -- Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2005
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