My Case Rests - Softcover

B. H. Friedman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944854532 ISBN 13: 9780944854532

Publisher: Provincetown Arts Press, 2009

Synopsis

Antonio Cristoforo Baldini, aka Tonly Baldwin, is born in New York's Little Italy in 1928 to an immigrant family on the fringes of organized crime. Tony, good-looking and a talented singer, romanticizes the dangerous lives of his brothers. Upon their violent deaths he turns away from the past, landing the lead in a Broadway musical, and falling in love with its wealthy producer, Priscilla Poyncroft Porter. However, Tony's charmed life, and his marriage, soon begin to unravel, and he finds himself drawn to a mysterious, matchstick violin made by a prisoner, and to his memories of the seductive lives of his brothers. His past, and present, begin to catch up with him. Soon, with the help of a therapist Dr. Norma Mellows, he finds himself making a case to fight for his freedom and true identity.

About this title

About the Author

Since the fifties B. H. Friedman has spent almost equal time in New York, Provincetown, and East Hampton. During this half century he has published six novels, three volumes of short stories, the first biographies of Jackson Pollock and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, as well as numerous art monographs. He has also written seven plays, all but two presented off-Broadway or in the Hamptons. His novel "Whispers" was recommended by William Gass for a National Book Award. Another, "The Polygamist," was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His stories have received a Nelson Algren Award and one from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. "My Case Rests" is as tightly constructed, carefully layered, and compelling as Friedman's previous, well-received fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Provincetown Arts Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0944854532
• ISBN 13: 9780944854532
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Irene Lipton
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Susanna Ralli