Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution - Softcover

Charyn, Jerome

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393333957 ISBN 13: 9780393333954

Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009

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Book by Charyn Jerome

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"Jerome Charyn is one of the most important writers in American literature." -- Michael Chabon "Jerome Charyn is merely one of our finest writers, with a polymorphous imagination and crack comic timing." -- Jonathan Lethem "Bawdy, savage, and tender." "A breathless and poignant tour de force."

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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, green-eyed octoroon, the most coveted harlot of Gertrude's house. The wild parade of characters he encounters includes Benedict Arnold, the Howe brothers, "Sir Billy" and "Black Dick," and a manipulative Alexander Hamilton. Not since John Barth's The Sotweed Factor and Gore Vidal's Burr has a novel so dramatically re-created America's historical beginnings. Reading group guide included.

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• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0393333957
• ISBN 13: 9780393333954
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 482