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As 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 retirement, starting with his nine-month marriage to Marilyn Monroe, was far less auspicious. Writers like Gay Talese and Richard Ben Cramer have painted the private DiMaggio as cruel or self-centered. Now, Jerome Charyn restores the image of this American icon, looking at DiMaggio's life in a more sympathetic light.

DiMaggio was a man of extremes, superbly talented on...

Das literarische Gegenstück zu Martin Scorceses Gangs of New York

Manhattan, NYC, 1883-1919. Nachdem das Waisenkind Ben Ravage aus einer Hölle von Waisenhaus gerettet wurde und in Harvard Jura studierte, wird er Detektiv bei der Kehillah, einer Privatpolizei reicher jüdischer Geschäftsleute, die deren Interessen an der Lower East Side durchsetzen soll. Vor allem soll er einen halbverrückten Bösewicht, der die Prostituierten in der Allen Street angreift, aus dem Verkehr ziehen. Dabei entdeckt er, dass sein Schicksal unwiderruflich mit dem dieses...

Johnny One-Eye is bringing about the rediscovery of one of the most "singular and remarkable careers] in American literature" (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World). In this picaresque tour de force that reanimates Revolutionary Manhattan through the story of double agent John Stocking, the bastard son of a whorehouse madam and possibly George Washington, Jerome Charyn has given us one of the most memorable historical novels in years. As Johnny seeks to unlock the mystery of his birth and grapples with his allegiances, he falls in love with Clara, a gorgeous,...

Yolanda's a convict, caught by the cops while her boyfriend was robbing a bank. Now all the Hell Sisters at Harrington Hills prison farm are in love with her. Their leader wants to -marry- her. Yolanda has to find a way out. She's been taking a philosophy course in jail from Melvin P. Sparks, a Cornell professor who talks to the female convicts once a week about ecology, in galoshes and a torn shirt. But it's only a disguise. He's actually a member of the Christian Commandos, a ragtag group of environmental rangers who aren't quite soldiers or spies.

Yolanda happens to be the cousin...