Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393333954)

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.

Author: Jerome Charyn
ISBN-10: 0393333957
ISBN-13: 9780393333954
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 482
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.58w x 1.11d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/22/2009 pg. 20