How does the author use imagery in the novel, Ace Hits the Big Time?

The authors use imagery to evoke a concrete sensation of New York and the characters. Although many of the senses appeal to the readers' sight, Murphy and Wolkoff use the senses of taste, smell, hearing, and touch as well. For instance, as the Purple Falcons hide to avoid an erupting gang fight, Ace dives into a trash can and notices the stench as his legs go knee-deep into a mound of slime. Watery cottage cheese drips over his head. He gags as strands of cold spaghetti slither down his neck. As he hears the Piranhas come by, he hears Dobermans snarling.