Charles Alverson's writing career has spanned over five decades. Originally from Los Angeles, Alverson served as an Army Paratrooper before receiving his M.A. in Journalism from Columbia University. He has written for numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and HELP! Magazine. Alverson has written ten novels, two children's books, and helped co-write the screenplays for Terry Gilliam's cult films Jabberwocky and Brazil.
Alverson currently lives in Serbia, where he has resided with his wife since 1994.
Caleb
by Charles Alverson
“You don’t want to buy me. I’ll kill the man who buys me.” Despite that outrageous threat, plantation owner Boyd Jardine buys Caleb and puts him to work in the fields. But soon Jardine discovers that his new slave is both better educated and more widely traveled than himself. When Jardine’s pregnant wife dies and Caleb saves...
Goodey's Last Stand: A Hard Boiled Mystery (Joe Goodey Mysteries Book 1)
by Charles Alverson
Hailed as “...the next best thing to finding a new and unsuspected Raymond Chandler phantasmagoria” ( The New Yorker ), this hard boiled case might just be Joe Goodey’s last. After the San Francisco PD dismisses Joe Goodey from the force and runs him out of town for shooting the mayor’s cousin, the ex-detective's career...
Praised as "an intriguing premise with surprising results” (Terry Jones, co-creator of Monty Python ), and "a beguiling cocktail of influences, including Raymond Chandler, Damon Runyon, Nathaniel West and Paulo Coelho" (Christopher Roper), The Word is a moving, witty novel unlike any other. When lifetime petty criminal Joe...
Not Sleeping, Just Dead: A Hard Boiled Mystery (Joe Goodey Mysteries Book 2)
by Charles Alverson
The sequel to the novel hailed as “...the next best thing to finding a new and unsuspected Raymond Chandler phantasmagoria” ( The New Yorker ), this hard boiled mystery for fans of John D. MacDonald and Robert Parker might put Joe Goodey to sleep - permanently. She was rich, young and pretty—so why did Katie Pierce jump? Unless...
Freshman Malcolm Brewster just wants to be something more than invisible at his new high school. He gets his wish when, upon saving a girl from being harassed in the stairwell, he inadvertently injures the star of the basketball team with a fire axe. Word of the "vicious attack" spreads through the high-school like wild-fire - and, by...
When Josh Nordland moves to a new high school, he only wants to think about three things: girls, blues and football. But when he saves scrawny Billy Cotton from a teammate's beating in the school parking lot, Josh quickly finds himself a social outcast. With no one else to hang out with, Josh begins to bond with Billy, who has a strange...
A razor-witted satire of Hollywood and the American Dream. Broke, silver-tongued producer Jake Borden wants to make it big in Hollywood. Unfortunately, his business, luxury car and other luxuries purchased with borrowed cash are about to be taken away—until he meets a talented young actress suffering from life-threatening anorexia....
The Coming of Age Box (Apache Dreaming, Hooligans & Mad Dog Brewster): Three Young Adult Novels
by Charles Alverson
Three funny, heartfelt coming of age novels for less than the price of two. Apache Dreaming - When Josh Nordland moves to a new high school, he only wants to think about three things: girls, blues and football. But when he saves scrawny Billy Cotton from a teammate's beating in the school parking lot, Josh quickly finds himself a...
The Triple Shot Box (Goodey's Last Stand, Not Sleeping Just Dead & Fighting Back): Three Gritty Crime Novels
by Charles Alverson
This special box set includes three gritty crime novels from Charles Alverson: Goodey's Last Stand, Not Sleeping Just Dead and Fighting Back. For fans of John D. MacDonald, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane and Elmore Leonard. Goodey's Last Stand (Joe Goodey #1) - Hailed as “...the next best thing to finding a new and unsuspected...
When Harry Castor opens a bar to support his family, no sooner do the doors open than local gangster Charlie Rizzo waltzes through, demanding a cut of the action. With his entire life's savings invested in the bar, Harry Castor can’t afford to pay Rizzo protection. But Harry can’t afford not to, either. Out of options, Harry...
It's the summer of 1953, and the months before Christopher McClaren is set to go to Stanford are shaping up to be pretty boring. With his mother away in Europe and his brother fighting in Korea, Christopher passes his summer days working at his uncle’s beverage distributor—until a group of classmates from the other side of town steal...
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Charles Alverson's writing career has spanned over five decades. Originally from Los Angeles, Alverson served as an Army Paratrooper before receiving his M.A. in Journalism from Columbia University. He has written for numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and HELP! Magazine. Alverson has written ten novels, two children's books, and helped co-write the screenplays for Terry Gilliam's cult films Jabberwocky and Brazil. 
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