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Charlie Carillo

Auteur de Raising Jake

13 oeuvres 513 utilisateurs 32 critiques 1 Favoris

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Charles Carillo has written several novels including Shepherd Avenue (1986) and My Ride with Gus (1996), the blackly comic account of twenty-four hours in the life of Jimmy Gambar and his brother Gus "The Ghost" Gambuzzo. Between 1978 and 1993, Carillo was a reporter for the New York Post. He now afficher plus works as a television producer in New York. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

Œuvres de Charlie Carillo

Raising Jake (2009) 241 exemplaires
One Hit Wonder (2010) 97 exemplaires
Shepherd Avenue (1986) 65 exemplaires
My Ride with Gus (1997) 52 exemplaires
Found Money (2012) 21 exemplaires
God Plays Favorites (2012) 17 exemplaires
Return to Shepherd Avenue (2017) 9 exemplaires
MOON CAKE (2019) 2 exemplaires
THE SKYLIGHT ROOM (2021) 2 exemplaires
Finding Maggie 2 exemplaires
Last Ride With Gus 1 exemplaire

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still not loving the books written from a man's perspective (is that bad?) was not a GREAT book, but it was good - i downloaded it when it was free on the kindle. good father/son bonding book and also honest perspective of the things we tell ourselves about our past and assumptions we make about our pasts and what they say about ourselves.
 
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Asauer72 | 11 autres critiques | Jul 3, 2023 |
Surprisingly good for a book I either got for free or really, really cheap for my kindle a long time back. I finally read it and I was pleasantly surprised. The plot moved nicely and wasn't cliched in the least bit. The main characters were nicely developed through the course of the book. A nice light read that wasn't silly or maudlin or poorly written.
 
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AliceAnna | 11 autres critiques | Jan 21, 2022 |
This is an absolutely amazing book. Dad is a mess, Jake starts off seemingly even messier. But somehow it ends on a note of hope, and competence. A very enjoyable read.
 
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Cfo6 | 11 autres critiques | Mar 19, 2018 |
This was a great story. Humorous, sad, entertaining and very enjoyable to read.

Joey Ambrosio is a children's book writer and illustrator. He has had a very successful career and is well known to many. He becomes even more well known when he climbs to the top of Brooklyn Bridge to spread his father's ashes.

This starts what could be called "Joey's midlife crises". One of the major things he does is buy his childhood home that is located in a very seedy part of Brooklyn and have the bars on the windows removed. Not a really smart thing to do, Joey is white, probably the only one in the neighborhood.

The story describes Joey's life both past and present and I enjoyed reading and living in Joey's world.

Huge thanks to Lyrical Press and Net Galley for the approval and providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
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debkrenzer | May 20, 2017 |

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Œuvres
13
Membres
513
Popularité
#48,356
Évaluation
3.9
Critiques
32
ISBN
23
Langues
1
Favoris
1

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