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Fixer
Self-made power broker Harry Leonnoff takes on Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in this thrilling novel of New York City politics. From the degrading slums of the Lower East Side to the bloody Battle of Belleau Wood, 'Fixer' is the spellbinding tale of a fearless politician with a limp and a .38 who becomes the champion of New York's underclass. Leonnoff confronts gangsters and bigots, saves nine innocent men from the electric chair, and opens his wallet to immigrants and the poor. But a vindictive Mayor La Guardia forces Harry to make an impossible choice between his career and his integrity. Ed Brodow introduces us to one of the most compelling antiheroes in contemporary American fiction. "A passionate, tough and colorful story. Fascinating!" Iris Rainer Dart, author of 'Beaches' "A modern classic. Not since Edna Ferber's great novels and Betty Smith's 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' have I read a novel that is so lifelike, powerful and riveting." Susanna Hutcheson, award-winning journalist "An extraordinary book, and one you won't be able to put down." C.L. Rossman at Armchair Interviews "Readers who enjoy brisk biographical fiction with strong characters will appreciate Fixer." Nanette Donohue for Historical Novel Society
228 pages, Paperback
Published May 16, 2014
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Ed Brodow
15 books15 followersEd Brodow is a political commentator, negotiation expert, and author of ten books including his latest, THE WAR ON WHITES: HOW HATING WHITE PEOPLE BECAME THE NEW NATIONAL SPORT. He is a former US Marine and veteran member of Screen Actors Guild, appearing in American and European movies with Jessica Lange, Ron Howard, and Christopher Reeve.
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March 21, 2012
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My normal preferred genres of books usually doesn’t include historical novels. I don’t know why, but maybe the writers didn’t really impress me with their descriptions…or maybe I just got older and my tastes changed (kind of like they do with food). Needless to say, I truly enjoyed reading Fixer and getting a taste of what it was like in the early 1900′s in New York and what it was like to be an immigrant and Jewish on top of that. Politics were a whole different game back then and it was fascinating to learn about positions that don’t exist any more, but perhaps they should.
The author takes you through a very historic period in New York and the dark and seedy underbelly of politics. While the book is fiction, there is some truth to the story. He weaves a tale that makes you feel like you are there and living in that moment and can imagine what it was like to be an immigrant at the turn of the century.
This story really grabbed me and kept me entranced with the characters and how they overcame adversity for their time.
I definitely recommend this book and give it 2 thumbs up!
My normal preferred genres of books usually doesn’t include historical novels. I don’t know why, but maybe the writers didn’t really impress me with their descriptions…or maybe I just got older and my tastes changed (kind of like they do with food). Needless to say, I truly enjoyed reading Fixer and getting a taste of what it was like in the early 1900′s in New York and what it was like to be an immigrant and Jewish on top of that. Politics were a whole different game back then and it was fascinating to learn about positions that don’t exist any more, but perhaps they should.
The author takes you through a very historic period in New York and the dark and seedy underbelly of politics. While the book is fiction, there is some truth to the story. He weaves a tale that makes you feel like you are there and living in that moment and can imagine what it was like to be an immigrant at the turn of the century.
This story really grabbed me and kept me entranced with the characters and how they overcame adversity for their time.
I definitely recommend this book and give it 2 thumbs up!
August 5, 2013
Not as much history as you would think and too much moralizing. It was ok for what I needed, a break between some heavy history books.
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