Ravage & Son.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charyn, Jerome.

Language:

English

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : Bellevue Literary Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Ravage & Son reflects the lost world of Manhattan's Lower East Side-the cradle of Jewish immigration during the first years of the twentieth century-in a dark mirror. Abraham Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, serves as the conscience of the Jewish ghetto teeming with rogue cops and swindlers. He rescues Ben Ravage, an orphan, from a trade school and sends him off to Harvard to earn a law degree. But upon his return, Ben rejects the chance to escape his gritty origins and instead becomes a detective for the Kehilla, a quixotic gang backed by wealthy uptown patrons to help the police rid the Lower East Side of criminals. Charged with rooting out the Jewish "Mr. Hyde," a half-mad villain who attacks the prostitutes of Allen Street, Ben discovers that his fate is irrevocably tied to that of this violent, sinister man. A lurid tale of revenge, this wildly evocative, suspenseful noir is vintage Jerome Charyn"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Prelude. 1883

One. The Baron of East Broadway

Two. The Downtown Detective

Three. On the Prowl

Four. The Master

Five. Montefiore

Six. Feathers of Blood

Seven. Satan's Circus

Eight. The Thirteenth Store

Nine. Manya

Ten. Chlöe

Eleven. Bad Babette

Twelve. Lady Hamlet

Thirteen. Old Sparky

Fourteen. Manhattan Mayhem

Coda. 1919.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781954276208

1954276206

OCLC:

1377817916