Publisher's Weekly Review

Centered upon the intersecting lives of a handful of TriBeCa residents, Greenfield's novel charts the struggles, failures, and successes of a sound engineer, a gangster, a chef, a sculptor, a film producer, and a memoirist. With each chapter told from the perspective of one of the primary characters, this audio edition features a different narrator for each point of view. Although the cast hands in effective and consistent performances that ably capture the characters, listeners will, at times-particularly during transitions between longer chapters-find themselves confused about which character is saying what. Additionally confusing are sections of dialogue-as each narrator must also voice the book's other primary characters. Still, listeners willing to stick it out will find this a compelling tale of life in New York City. A Harper hardcover. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.