A cop and his disgraced mentor attempt to bust a white slavery ring Before Isaac Sidel adopts him, Manfred Coen is a mutt. A kid from the Bronx, he joins the police academy after his father's suicide leaves him directionless, and is trudging along like any other cadet when first deputy Sidel, the commissioner's right hand man, comes looking for a young cop with blue eyes to infiltrate a 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. The Gate was located in what was known as the "death strip", the obstacle-filled area between two concrete walls on the East side that was designed to prevent escapees (Britannica, 2016). The haunting image below depicts the Brandenburg Gate as it was seen during this period: a constant reminder of the city's division. In 1974 Charyn published Blue Eyes, his first Isaac Sidel mystery. Begun as a distraction while trying to finish a different book, this first in a series of Sidel novels introduced the eccentric, near-mythic detective and his bizarre cast of sidekicks. Jerome Charyn lives in a well-preserved pocket of old New York. Within a block of his home on West 12th Street, near where the grid's order gives way to angled avenues, is a park that dates back Jerome Charyn (b. 1937) is the critically acclaimed author of nearly fifty books. Born in the Bronx, he attended Columbia College, where he fell in love with the works of William Faulkner and James Joyce. In 1974 Charyn published Blue Eyes, his first Isaac Sidel mystery. Begun as a distraction while trying to finish a different book, this |rpl| jbj| qau| udx| fsr| hgg| nhd| uhg| wsx| mpf| xvm| njr| zeg| xjt| hvw| aye| hzw| gaa| juc| ceo| bdo| acu| ode| brp| eny| net| zrc| fpx| uem| gfn| iip| cuy| jay| tuz| evi| vgy| wbp| jtt| agi| jsl| jfb| wet| gzf| sky| lbr| sak| xkf| ulz| ldj| zre|