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Using experimental montage techniques borrowed from the cinema, descriptions and bursts of overheard conversation, and jumbled case histories of a picaresque cast of characters from dockside crapshooters to high-society flappers, the author constructs a portrait of New York City as a futuristic machine filled with motion, drama and human tragedy.

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Manhattan Transfer

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    A Paperback / softback by John Dos Passos, Jay McInerney

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/08/2000
      ISBN13: 9780141184487, 978-0141184487
      ISBN10: 0141184485

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      Book Synopsis
      Using experimental montage techniques borrowed from the cinema, descriptions and bursts of overheard conversation, and jumbled case histories of a picaresque cast of characters from dockside crapshooters to high-society flappers, the author constructs a portrait of New York City as a futuristic machine filled with motion, drama and human tragedy.

      Trade Review
      [John Dos Passos's books are] the most satisfying thing I have ever read -- Adam Curtis * Guardian *

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