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Book ReviewsEl Bronx (Thorndike Large Print Cloak and Dagger Series) |
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Book: El Bronx (Thorndike Large Print Cloak and Dagger Series)
Written by: Jerome Charyn |
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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New York in all its' glory and corruption
Rating:
5 / 5
New York Mayor Isaac Sidel is up in the Bronx, watching a baseball
game. The street wise Mayor knows that just outside the ballpark are
run down neighborhoods, filled with junkies of all ages. The gangs own
the borough with the dead ones immortalized by Alyoshas, a pre-teen graffiti
artist. The owner of the Yankees plan to move the team, even though
Isaac hopes to talk him out of it.
The owner is helped by the power-hungry father of Marianna Storm, a
child who tries to help the Mayor in his fight against her father.
Isaac soon realizes greed is the real game. A phoney corporation is
pulling off a land scam that brings together strange partners, who all share two things in common. They want to make a large killing at any cost and want to
get rid of Isaac, who is in the way. Only hiz honor the mayor can stop
them, but this group is willing to do anything to feed their avarice thirst.
EL BRONX is the ninth Mayor Sidel novel and like the previous eight
is a fabulous, fast-paced book. As good as the others are (they all are
very good), this may be the best one yet because it is extremely
complex without losing the ability to tell an intriguing tale. If the reader wants to understand the mean streets of New York from their living room,
Jerome Charyn's series is one of the best ways to go a streeting.
Harriet Klausner
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