You'd think there wouldn't be enough to write about the subway to fill a book, but you'd be wrong.
Randy Kennedy, as writer of the "Tunnel Vision" column in the NYT, here collects his finest columns into an anthology. And yet leaves room for more.
Here are stories of underground musicians, magicians, missionaries, and plain old panhandlers. Here are the stories of transit police, token booth workers, sanitation workers, track engineers, and the guys who keep the subway system from flooding with the 13 million gallons of water that enter the tunnels every day. Randy shows us the best way to sleep on the train, read on the train, get a date on the train, and stand on the train (hint: not in front of the doors). And we learn about the animals of the system--cats, rats, pigeons, and the occasional blind donkey.

This guy is good at making even the most mundane subjects interesting. He's got an ear for dialogue and a subtle wit. Though this is a collection of newspaper columns and therefore gets a tad repetitive in parts, it's not distracting.

Highly recommended.