Ground Up

Michael Idov

Ground Up
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Country
United States
Published
21 July 2009
Pages
304
ISBN
9780374531546

Ground Up

Michael Idov

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 cafe 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 cafe 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.

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