![]() ![]() Heffernan presents the cabbies’ stories without much commentary. It’s telling, and somewhat depressing, that the book’s longest section by far is the one dealing with tales of financial hardship. ![]() But the portrait quickly turns grim as cabs are bought up by brokers and leased to drivers who are now subject to hefty fees and forced to split revenues with owners. The book’s stories are divided into rough sections, beginning cheerily enough with some old-timers’ reminiscences about the “good old days” when cab companies were family-run and a driver could make a decent living. Heffernan’s extensive interviews with drivers (almost all of whom choose to remain anonymous) take readers through the ins and outs of the industry, offering insight into the idiosyncracies and dangers of the job. John’s over the past 100 years, and provides first-hand accounts from the current batch of souls trying to eke out a living in a city with a population of only 200,000 and anywhere from 500 to 1,000 cabbies. The Other Side of Midnight captures the history of the taxicab industry in St. This time Heffernan digs into the mysterious and often difficult lives of St. ![]() His first was the best-selling Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster, which addressed the 1982 tragedy that is burned into the brains of any Newfoundlander born before 1975. Newfoundland writer Mike Heffernan seems to be documenting the experiences of his home province’s working class one book at a time. ![]()
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