Sergeant Salinger
A shattering biographical novel of J.D. Salinger in combat "Charyn skillfully breathes life into historical icons." -- New Yorker J.D. Salinger, mysterious author of The Catcher in the Rye, is remembered today as a... See More
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(22 reviews)
Quick ViewA shattering biographical novel of J.D. Salinger in combat "Charyn skillfully breathes life into historical icons." -- New Yorker J.D. Salinger, mysterious author of The Catcher in the Rye, is remembered today as a... See More
(61 reviews)
Quick ViewLonglisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Brooklyn is dead. Long live the Bronx! In Bitter Bronx, Jerome Charyn returns to his roots and leads the literary renaissance of an oft-overlooked borough in... See More
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Quick ViewThe Justice Department hires Sidel's new chauffer to spy on the New York Police Department's commissionerJoey Barbarossa likes being a cop, because it makes dealing drugs easier. Any time a fellow pusher gives him trouble... See More
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Quick ViewAmid the tenements and riverfronts of the Lower East Side, twin brothers Max and Morris rule the seedy streets as chieftains of a crew of thieves and hoodlums. Tensions rise when a rival gang encroaches upon their Sheriff... See More
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Quick ViewA spy navigates the labyrinthine horrors of Nazi Germany, on a mission to save the woman he loves "Charyn's blunt, brilliantly crafted prose bubbles with the pleasure of nailing life to the page in just the right words... See More
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Quick ViewA month before he becomes New York City's mayor, Sidel confronts a gang of baseball-loving racistsFor the first time in his adult life, Isaac Sidel is no longer a cop. He has moved beyond the halls of One Police Plaza, and... See More
(27 reviews)
Quick View"A moving attempt to trace the connections between Kosinski's wartime struggles and postwar fictions." -- New Yorker "Jerzy is a novel with a light touch that's still capable of lifting heavy subjects. Charyn knows what he... See More
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Quick ViewA cop and his disgraced mentor attempt to bust a white slavery ringBefore Isaac Sidel adopts him, Manfred Coen is a mutt. A kid from the Bronx, he joins the police academy after his father's suicide leaves him directionless... See More
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Quick ViewPEN/ Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Longlist O, The Oprah Magazine Best Books of Summer" selection Magnetic nonfiction." O, The Oprah Magazine Remarkable insight... [a] unique... See More
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Quick ViewTeddy Roosevelt comes to comic life in Jerome Charyn's "tremendous[ly] fun... delightful novel" (Ron Charles, Washington Post). Widely considered "one of our most rewarding novelists," Jerome Charyn "has upped the ante"... See More
(23 reviews)
Quick ViewA serial killer haunts the city streets, a stalker of isolated women who leaves a Santa Claus hat at the scene of his crimes. Pavel, a Russian émigré, assists the police investigation as a sketch artist. But Pavel's true... See More
(15 reviews)
Quick ViewSpanning multiple decades and continents, this phantasmagorical epic is the unique collaboration between an award-winning American author and the famous French illustrator of Alexandro Jodorowsky's Bouncer series. The... See More
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Quick View"A rollicking tale." -- Stacy Schiff, New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Johnny One-Eye is bringing about the rediscovery of one of the most "singular and remarkable [careers] in American literature" (Jonathan... See More
(116 reviews)
Quick ViewJerome Charyn's "daring" and "memorable" (The New Yorker) historical novel renders the inner life of our sixteenth president like never before. This unforgettable portrait of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War effortlessly... See More
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Quick View"In this brilliant and hilarious jailbreak of a novel, Charyn channels the genius poet and her great leaps of the imagination." -- Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) Jerome Charyn, "one of the most important writers in... See More
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Quick ViewOn the eve of a White House run, Sidel cleans up a mess in his old backyardTired of being led by weaklings, the American people have fallen in love with J. Michael Storm and Isaac Sidel, the lawyer and the New York mayor who... See More
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Quick ViewNew York's children wage war on the city's rich, with Sidel as the refereeIn his years serving the people of New York, Isaac Sidel has often rescued the city from oblivion, but never has he faced anything as dangerous as the... See More
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Quick ViewA secret tryst threatens to turn two cops against each otherIsaac Sidel is a bear of a cop. Although his position as the commissioner's first deputy is largely political, Sidel has not forgotten how to work the New York City... See More
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Quick ViewAfter decades of madness in the Bronx, Isaac Sidel visits the craziest state in the country Isaac Sidel is too popular to be America's vice president. Once the New York Police Department commissioner, he became the most... See More
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Quick ViewA stylish killer makes the mistake of befriending a god Though he doesn't know mink from sable, Sidney Holden is the most important employee at Aladdin Furs. He is a bumper, a well-dressed killer who collects the debts that... See More
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Quick ViewDisguised as a bum and living in a flophouse, Sidel tries to save a streetwalkerThe ragged old man has a tapeworm in his gut and a room at a nameless Whore's Row hotel, but to those in the know, he is one of the most... See More
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Quick ViewWhen a friend's crime spree threatens his legal empire, a powerful New York attorney must race to stop it -- before at least one of them winds up dead Edward Parkchester, or Parky, "the black eagle," is the most successful... See More
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Quick ViewIn debt to the mob, Sidel's sidekick brings hell to One Police PlazaFor Detective Caroll Brent, special attention from Commissioner Sidel is not a good thing. Sidel's last pet detective, Manfred Coen, was killed by a gang of... See More
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Quick ViewPolice commissioner Isaac Sidel struggles to keep the New York Police Department from shatteringWhen he was the police commissioner's first deputy, Isaac Sidel was one of the most powerful men in New York. But now that he's... See More
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Quick ViewWhen his best friend is killed, Isaac Sidel looks for revenge in the BronxThough incorruptible -- at least by New York Police Department standards -- Detective Isaac Sidel knows that sometimes it's useful to look a little... See More
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Quick ViewAs the New York Yankees' star centerfielder from 1936 to 1951, Joe DiMaggio is enshrined in America's memory as the epitome in sports of grace, dignity, and that ineffable quality called "class." But his career after... See More
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Quick ViewApple Books ? Best Books of the Month A Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Selection Narrated by a starry-eyed lesbian, Big Red reimagines the tragic career of Rita Hayworth and her indomitable husband, Orson Welles. Since he... See More
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Quick ViewA black defense attorney struggles with his obsession with the laziest whore in Harlem From his penthouse in posh Sugar Hill, Edward Parkchester rules over Manhattan. A silver-tongued defense attorney with a flourishing... See More
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Quick ViewA master storyteller's novel of crime, corruption, and antisemitism in early 20th-century Manhattan Ravage & Son reflects the lost world of Manhattan's Lower East Side -- the cradle of Jewish immigration during the first... See More