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JEROME CHARYN
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The author was born in the Bronx in 1937. He has written 37 books, including three memoirs about his childhood in the Bronx, THE DARK LADY FROM BELORUSSE , THE BLACK SWAN, and BRONX BOY,the first two of which were named New York Times Book Of the Year . REVIEWS: " The richest imagination in contemporary American letters."- Lawrence Block. "He is to the Bronx what Saul Bellow, early in his career, was to Upper Broadway-bard, celebrant, mythologizer."-Washington Post He has written several detective novels, including Blue Eyes and Citizen Sidel. His latest book of nonfiction, Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins, was published in November 2001. Book description: Ping-pong is played in every corner of the world by over 250 million people, cast a hypnotic spell on the author's imagination early on. The novel portrays the great pongistes, from Ruth Aaron on. His latest novel: JOHNNY ONE EYE
Additional book review Gangsters And Gold Diggers : published 10/2003
Gangsters and Gold Diggers The Green Lantern, which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction
published October 2005 SAVAGE SHORTHAND, The Life and Death of ISAAC BABEL Published June 2006 The author's brother, Harvey Charyn, is a former NYPD 1st grade homicide detective. He is a licensed private investigator based in New York. A link to his home page: http://harveycharyn.com A link to Amazon.com:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312208774/qid/jeromecharyn The author's E-Mail: mail to:jeromecharyn@aol.com
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