Book excerpt: "Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough"

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In "Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough" (‎Farrar, Straus and Giroux), New Yorker writer Ian Frazier takes readers on a twisty and entertaining tour of the Bronx's rich history, landscape and people.

Read an excerpt below, and don't miss Ian Frazier discussing the Bronx with Susie Essman on "CBS Sunday Morning" January 26!