Legends Of The Chelsea Hotel: Living With The Artists And Outlaws Of New York's Rebel Mecca

Ed Hamilton

Thunder's Mouth

Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack)

11/02/2007 10:28am

From the glut of media out there on the Chelsea Hotel, this book stands out. Ed Hamilton, the author and a current tenant, pays homage to the vast and varied non-famous guests. Hamilton's stories are creative nonfiction vignettes that paint pictures of Chelsea life that are funny and heartbreaking, believable and absurd. Guests include a Deadhead zombie, a cowboy doctor and the larger-than-life proprietor. This is slightly self-congratulatory but is, overall, an entertaining read.