Old Mr Flood

Old Mr Flood

Originally published in the mid-1940s, Old Mr. Flood is Joseph Mitchellâ€™s story of retired house wrecker Hugh G. Flood, a New Yorker determined to live to the age of 115 on a diet of fresh seafood, harbor air, and good Scotch. Mitchell created an unforgettable character in these stories of fish-eating, whiskey, death, and rebirth by combining aspects of several men who worked at or frequented Manhattanâ€™s famed Fulton Fish Market along the East River.

Reporter Joseph Mitchell, regarded by many as one of the finest writers of the twentieth century, pioneered an honest, colorful and declarative style of journalism while writing brilliant magazine pieces for the New Yorker until his death in 1996.
In 1992, most of his New Yorker pieces were collected in a New York Times best-seller omnibus titled Up in the Old Hotel and Other Stories, introducing his masterful craftsmanship and storytelling technique to a new generation of readers.

â€œMr. Flood, like many of the characters Mitchell wrote about in the New Yorker, conveys in his very being the aura of old New Yorkâ€¦Mr. Flood is unforgettable.â€
Los Angeles Times

â€œIn the 1940s one of the centuryâ€™s best reporters prowled the Fulton Fish Market to find a story. He came up with Hugh Flood, who spends his time eating clams, drinking scotch and cheating death. An amazing portrait of a New York long since paved over.â€
Playboy

â€œMitchell is a pioneer of the long quote in journalism and a master of making it sing.â€
Village Voice

â€œReaders wonâ€™t quickly forget Flood or his friendsâ€¦Life should be lived, Flood observes, and failing to do so will leave you empty, much the same as passing over Mitchellâ€™s writing will do.â€
Pages Magazine

â€œâ€¦nuanced, insightful, and painstakingly lifelikeâ€¦a memorable tale of a vanished urban landscape that seems just as significant today as it did some 60 years ago.â€
Time Out Chicago

â€œThe ability to stay out of a story â€“ learned as a beat reporter in his pre-New Yorker days â€“ was part of Mitchellâ€™s enduring strength, and itâ€™s on display in Old Mr. Floodâ€¦Mitchell treated all his â€˜charactersâ€™ with consummate dignity, and brought them alive through the microscopic precision of his peerless prose.â€
Hartford Advocate

â€œâ€¦one of the best world-sketchers of his (or probably any other) eraâ€¦It is a work of joy, of genius, and of blessed memory â€“ a gift from the past for those of us who remember people like this â€“ and a wishful reminder for those who came too late to know them.â€
The Courier-Gazette

â€œOld school is new againâ€¦â€
7x7 Magazine

â€œFor those raised to believe journalism isn't good unless it's self-aggrandizing, the publication in book form of Joseph Mitchell's Old Mr. Flood is the perfect antidote.â€
San Francisco Bay Guardian

â€œHereâ€™s one that will make you smile. Youâ€™ll call up your friends and read passages over the phoneâ€¦This slim little volume, celebrating a part of the city that has just now vanished forever, is a delight.â€
Ann LaFarge, Constant Reader

â€œThe epitome of the independent spirit that characterized so many of his generation, Mr. Flood is essential Americana, an individual who is proud of his achievement â€“ justifiably so.â€
Curledup.com

â€œThe book isnâ€™t longâ€”only 118 pagesâ€”but it is mesmerizing, as you get lost to the sounds and smells of Manhattanâ€™s harbor. Originally written in the 1940â€™s, Old Mr. Flood is timeless.â€ If you like descriptive stories with a local flair, you cannot miss this book.â€
RoundTableReviews.com

â€œThe story is heartwarming, but not in a mushy sort of way but rather in the way you would pine for simpler times and the knowledge of a feisty old manâ€¦If you enjoy well-written short stories this should be something that you seek out.â€
Indie Workshop
Country USA
Manufacturer MP Publishing Limited
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-04-11
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	MP Publishing Limited
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-04-11
Format	Kindle eBook

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