Bitter Bronx (24 page)

Book design by Helene Berinsky

Production manager: Julia Druskin

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Charyn, Jerome.

[Short stories. Selections]

Bitter Bronx : thirteen stories / Jerome Charyn. — First edition.

 pages ; cm

ISBN 978-0-87140-489-3 (hardcover)

1. Bronx (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3553.H33A6 2015

813'.54—dc23

            2015002080

ISBN 978-0-87140-498-5 (e-book)

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