cover image The Heart of the World

The Heart of the World

Nik Cohn, N. Cohn. Vintage Books USA, $23 (380pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74437-5

Sometimes glistening, sometimes disappointing, this tour of Broadway from the Battery to Times Square by British journalist Cohn tells the story of the Great White Way through the lives of various eccentric denizens. (Mar.)