"Marilyn the Wild" by Jerome Charyn

Marilyn the Wild by Jerome Charyn

This is a very unusual book. It is story about the police in New York City, but it's not like any murder mystery I have ever read. The writing is a little hard to describe. It's like the opposite of the dialog on Dragnet. It's everything but the facts, it's all the emotion, hyperbole, rumor and innuendo. Sometimes it seems to be a little over the top (did the chief of detectives really just threaten to kill the chief of police?), but it all flows together fluidly. Occasionally a bit of fact will find it's way in, and you notice it because it interrupts the flow. A lot of it is wrapped up in New York Jewish culture, which makes it a little confusing. I mean some of these things are just bizarre. An easy, enjoyable read.

Update July 2022 replaced missing image.