RaveIrish Examiner (IRE)Taylor corrals under one roof so many of the remarkable characters who populate \'the city that never sleeps\' that it amazes me anew. Somehow the author blends scores of marvellous human stories, told in each individual’s own words, into a kind of magnificent chorus of human striving, which sometimes swells to an absolute crescendo in New York. If you wish, it’s easy flip around to what most appeals. But there is a kind of hidden purity running throughout this book, partly owing to its methods ... A garden of earthly delights ... Taylor’s book is like an epic travelogue ... But even as the characters keep—\'coming at you\'—as life does in New York—in apparent randomness one always senses an underlying purpose at work ... There’s great story telling here. Certain segments dealing with heights are so vivid they nearly made my pulse race ... For many, New York is ultimately a lonely, and soul-wracking place. Taylor never really seemed to crack the codes that make it a bright and exciting springboard for the countless young people who keep pouring in ... It would have been good if Taylor found such moments, too. But he sure finds other worlds aplenty in this great extravaganza of New Yorkers.
