Ground Up: A Novel

Ground Up: A Novel

by Michael Idov
Ground Up: A Novel

Ground Up: A Novel

by Michael Idov

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Overview

Light streams through the windows as the espresso machine roars; a gorgeous, rich scent fills the air; and witty conversation unspools over the porcelain cups.

That's the café dream. Mark and Nina are about to experience the reality. Determined to re-create the perfect Viennese coffeehouse, they descend on New York's gritty but hip Lower East Side to educate the locals on authentic café culture. Soon Mark and Nina are in a downward spiral that will strip them of money, friends, sex life, status, shelter, and, finally, sanity—and offer salvation through something they have never experienced: disaster.

Inspired by the author's own coffeehouse hell, Ground Up is a sharp and funny portrait of a New York constantly reinventing itself, and a surprisingly tender story of falling out of love and back in it again.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780374531546
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 07/21/2009
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 1,041,839
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.28(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Michael Idov is a staff writer for New York magazine and a frequent contributor of Russian-language columns and criticism to major Moscow publications. Ground Up is his first novel.

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