PEN/Faulkner Finalists, the Spin-Off Post

A psychic poll of GC’s readership confirms that not all of you are familiar with Jerome Charyn’s The Green Lantern. So, here’s a quick recap, culled together from memory: After the Justice League rescues Michael Clarke Duncan from Death Row, Duncan must choose between a power ring and a mood ring; one bends space and time, the other changes color. Duncan chooses the power ring — the wrong choice, of course, because this here is the early ’60s and, with a patent on that shit, brother could be rolling.

Wait. Got that wrong. Sorry. This Green Lantern is about Stalin, “a despot with a heart and a twinkle in his eye.” Read the Washington Post‘s review (one of only 2 on record) here.

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