Hack

Praise

Advance praise for Hack

“This fast, funny behind-the-scenes tour of taxi driving in New York takes fascinating detours through issues of sex, class, and finding your life’s purpose. Melissa Plaut is the Anthony Bourdain of cabbies.”
–Janice Erlbaum, author of Girlbomb

“When was the last time you shook your head in wonder? If it’s been too long, read Melissa Plaut’s brave, lurid, and completely improbable tale of life behind the wheel. You’ll look at cabbies differently. You’ll look at the world differently. Hack rekindles a sense of adventure we seem to have lost along the way.”
–David Goodwillie, author of Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

“Forget the Peace Corps–Melissa Plaut will tell you that cab driving truly is the hardest job you’ll ever love. Hack is an honest and intrepid account of life in the front seat. Use a ten-dollar bill to bookmark your copy. When you’re done reading, you’ll use it to tip your next cab driver. Oh yes, you will.”
–Wendy McClure, author of I’m Not the New Me

“Hack is an intimate portrait of New York City from within one of her most popular landmarks: the taxicab. Step inside; each page will ferry you through a hundred human stories about the stress of living in-between. From this carousel of urban life, Melissa Plaut opens the door to a new perspective on a misunderstood profession, and tells a redeeming story about the spirit of adventure that can be kindled within each of us–-whoever we are, and wherever we are going.”
–Travis Hugh Culley, author of The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power

“Hack is the beat of the asphalt moving fast under our feet as we speed with Plaut through the city labyrinth on an always strange and new adventure.”
–Doug Aitken, artist