The Isaac Quartet: Marilyn The Wild, Blue Eyes, The Education Of Patrick Silver, Secret Isaac (A Black Box Thriller) [Import] [Paperback]

Jerome Charyn (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 578 pages
• Publisher: Zomba Books; paperback / softback edition (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0946391327
• ISBN-13: 978-0946391325
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,853,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in the mean streets of the Bronx and have remained a city wolf, dividing my time between New York City and Paris.

I grew up reading comic books and watching movies; you can see their influences in my books. I started writing novels at the age of eleven; Amazon carries 40+ titles, fiction and non-fiction.

For the past fourteen years I taught film at the American University of Paris.

I love Emily Dickinson's poems and William Faulkner's novels. I also love Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction," which has the feel of a novel. (I wrote a book about Tarantino, "Raised by Wolves," after the film's release.)

My novel "The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson," published in 2010, inspired a community of more than 3500 Emily Dickinson Facebook fans dedicated to the poet's place in the 21st century.

"The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson" is now available in paperback in a reading group edition with online reading guide.

My most recent book, "Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil," was released on March 8, 2011, part of the Yale University Press series on American Icons. More than 1000 fans are already registered on its Facebook page.

I invite you to join me on Facebook for "The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson" or "Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil." Or visit my website: www.jeromecharyn.com

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars phew, October 9, 2003

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Alistair Stewart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Isaac Quartet: Blue Eyes, Marilyn the Wild, The Education of Patrick Silver, Secret Isaac (Hardcover)

I haven't read the whole quartet yet, but Charyn's novels are dark abstract fantasies, and I love them. I started a few years ago with Maria's Girls, and had trouble finding any other Charyn novels after that. Sometimes they can be hard going but stick with it they are worth while. All the characters are obscurely eccentric and inhabit an exotic almost halucenogenic world.
I can't recommend them enough. Charyn is a genius. Buy them and be amazed.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an undiscovered genius, December 29, 2007

By 

Brian A. Bremen (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Isaac Quartet: Blue Eyes, Marilyn the Wild, The Education of Patrick Silver, Secret Isaac (Paperback)

jerome charyn is the proper heir to dashiell hammett and ross macdonald. a complex writer with an ear for the music in language.