Under the Eye of God
Jerome Charyn
(Author)
Description
After decades of madness in the Bronx, Isaac Sidel visits the craziest state in the countryIsaac Sidel is too popular to be America's vice president. Once the New York Police Department commissioner, he became the most beloved mayor in the city's history--famous for his refusal to surrender his Glock, and for his habit of disappearing for months at a time to fight crime at street level. So when baseball czar J. Michael Storm asks Sidel to join him on the election's Democratic ticket, the two wild men romp to an unprecedented landslide. But as the president-elect's mandate goes off the rails--threatened by corruption, sex, and God knows what else--he tires of being overshadowed by Sidel, and dispatches him to a place from which tough politicians seldom return: Texas. In the Lone Star state, Sidel confronts rogue astrologers, accusations of pedophilia, and a dimwitted assassin who doesn't know when to take an easy shot. If this Bronx bomber doesn't watch his step, he risks making vice-presidential history by getting killed on the job.
Product Details
Price
$18.99
$17.66
Publisher
Mysteriouspress.Com/Open Road
Publish Date
October 30, 2012
Pages
222
Dimensions
5.58 X 8.43 X 0.57 inches | 0.67 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781453270998
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About the Author
Jerome Charyn (b. 1937) is the critically acclaimed author of nearly fifty books. Born in the Bronx, he attended Columbia College. After graduating, he took a job as a playground director and wrote in his spare time, producing his first novel, a Lower East Side fairytale called Once Upon a Droshky, in 1964. In 1974, Charyn published Blue Eyes, his first Isaac Sidel mystery. This first in athe so-called Sidel quartet introduced the eccentric, near-mythic Sidel, and his bizarre cast of sidekicks. Although he completed the quartet with Secret Isaac (1978), Charyn followed the character through Under the Eye of God. Charyn, who divides his time between New York and Paris, is also accomplished at table tennis, and once ranked amongst France's top 10 percent of ping-pong players.
Reviews
Praise for Jerome Charyn:
"He writes like greased lightning." --Time Out "A realist of the urban nightmare." --Chicago Tribune "For a couple of decades now, Jerome Charyn has been remaking the detective story." --The Washington Post Book World
"He writes like greased lightning." --Time Out "A realist of the urban nightmare." --Chicago Tribune "For a couple of decades now, Jerome Charyn has been remaking the detective story." --The Washington Post Book World