![]() ![]() ![]() He wanted me to write a book about my life. Then the fella told me he was there on a mission and he wouldn’t take no for an answer. We smoked for a minute, shooting the breeze. All of these things I’m not supposed to be having and there I was, having them. He gave me a cigarette, the first one I’ve had in weeks. ![]() First she handed me a beer then she had me shake his hand. ![]() Saint Mazie By Jami Attenberg: Book Extract Chapter:įannie brought one of her fancy friends down to the theater last night. Attenberg’s Mazie is brazen and funny, and could give Mae West a run for her money. Mazie Gordon-Phillips ran The Venice movie theatre in the rundown Bowery district of New York City, and was famed for her brassy looks and boozing, but also her big heart: she spent her nights dishing out soap and dimes to drunks and down-and-outs.Īttenberg employs her signature wit through imagined diary excerpts, interviews and reportage, vividly bringing to life 1920s/30s New York. This is history told through people, not prose, meaning character comes first – always Attenberg’s strong point. Jami Attenberg’s follow-up to her New York Times bestseller, The Middlesteins (not read it? It’s a gem), is a bold departure into historical fiction – but with a difference. Saint Mazie By Jami Attenberg: Book Review ![]()
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