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Jerome Charyn

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1) Big Red: a novel starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles

Author

Charyn, Jerome

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

Description

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"Narrated by a starry-eyed lesbian, Big Red reimagines the tragic career of Rita Hayworth and her indomitable husband, Orson Welles. Set amidst the noir glamour of Hollywood's Golden Age, Big Red reenvisions the life of one of America's most enduring icons: Gilda herself, Rita Hayworth, whose fiery red hair and hypnotic dancing helped make her the quintessential movie star of the 1940s. With narrator Rusty Redburn-a feisty second-string gossip columnist...

2) I am Abraham: a novel of Lincoln and the Civil War

Author

Charyn, Jerome

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Description

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Traces the historic arc of Lincoln's life from his picaresque days as a gangly young lawyer in Sangamon County, Illinois, through his improbable marriage to Kentucky belle Mary Todd, to his 1865 visit to war-shattered Richmond only days before his assassination.

3) The secret life of Emily Dickinson: a novel

Author

Charyn, Jerome

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

Description

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What if the old maid of Amherst wasn't an old maid at all? The poet dons a hundred veils, alternately playing wounded lover, penitent, and female devil in this extraordinary adventure that will disturb and delight.