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Johnny One-Eye.(Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution)(Brief article)(Book review)

The New Yorker

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Set on Manhattan Island during the Revolutionary War, this leisurely picaresque concerns the adventures of an orphan reared in a brothel who loses an eye when he follows Benedict Arnold into battle. Johnny is a man of both nations; he joins up with Arnold as a secret agent for the British, but his admiration for him is genuine. His feelings are further complicated by his discovery that ...

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