My Korean Deli
My Korean Deli
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Risking It All for a Convenience Store
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Although he says it wasn't intended that way, the decision of Ben Ryder Howe and his wife to buy a Brooklyn deli was the perfect fodder for a funny memoir. Bronson Pinchot takes on the persona of the stuffy literary magazine editor for the first-person account. Between Howe's wry phrasings and Pinchot's slightly exaggerated reading, even a ramble on the profit margins of Doritos is amusing. Howe's anxiety after ordering gourmet groceries for the store behind his wife's back is downright hilarious. At the same time, a blackout, the death of a former employee, and his mother-in-law's health problems take the story in tender and sadder directions. There's even a dead-on impression of Howe's boss, the late George Plimpton. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
May 30, 2011
Abandoning the rat race, Howe, a former editor at the Paris Review, and his wife buy a New York City deli for
Howe's Korean mother-in-law in this charming memoir. Bronson Pinchot can be engaging, and he maintains the wit, energy, and momentum of the prose. He shifts character voices quite successfully, particular within scenes that take place
at the deli. but his attempts at Korean
accents, especially his vocalizing of his mother-in-law, are so broad and caricatured as to be almost unbearable. A Holt hardcover.
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