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Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution
In Johnny One-Eye, Jerome Charyn has created a picaresque tour-de-force centered on the one-eyed spy John Stocking, who must fight to survive in a wartime Manhattan. As Johnny grapples with his allegiances and his love for the gorgeous, green-eyed Clara, we follow the circuitous path of the Revolution, from the torching of Manhattan in 1776 to the decisive battle Yorktown and Washington's heartrending departure from Manhattan in the autumn of 1783. Hailed as "the first great Revolutionary War novel to appear in many decades" [Tom Bissell}, Johnny One-Eye marks the rediscovery of one of America's greatest living writers.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Feb 1st, 2009
- Pages: 482
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.58in - 1.11in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9780393333954
- Categories: • Historical - General
About the Author
Charyn, Jerome: - "One of the most important writers in American literature" (Michael Chabon), Jerome Charyn is the award-winning author of more than fifty works, including The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson. A renowned scholar of twentieth-century Hollywood, he lives in Manhattan.
Praise for this book
A breathless and poignant tour de force.-- "Bookforum"
Bawdy, savage, and tender.-- "Entertainment Weekly"
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