El Bronx Author:Jerome Charyn MysteryLarge Print EditionCharyn tells his complicated story with touches of magic realism, bursts of pulp lyricism and a level of energy and imagination as high as anyone writing today. starred, Publishers WeeklyIn the emerald island of Yankee Stadium, New York mayor Isaac Sidel, often called El Caballo, watches millionaires play baseball whil... more »e a few blocks away, children smoke crack in alleys. He has no illusions about his city its up for grabs and he knows it. But in the midst of it all, Sidel is obsessed with a young graffiti artist, a boy nicknamed Alyosha who could die for beauty by the side of a jaded little rich girl. His city beyond redemption, his soul racked by guilt, El Caballo will save the Bronx or bury his heart there.« less