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Jerry Guarino

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in Glen Ridge, NJ, The United States

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"What James Beard was to cooking, Jerry Guarino is to modern fiction."
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Average rating: 4.11 · 72 ratings · 48 reviews · 16 distinct works

	The Da Vinci Diamond (Detective Tony Mariani Mysteries #1) 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trilogies: 18 Sets of Short Fiction 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cafe Stories 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	50 Italian Pastries: short fiction for people too busy to read a novel 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	40 Slices of Pizza (short fiction for people too busy to read a novel) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cafe Stories: relationships it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Cafe Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cafe Stories: west coast stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cafe Stories: Mysteries: including the Detective Tony Mariani stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cafe Stories: Stories Inspired by the Greatest Band of All Time it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

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“Don't ruin a good story with the facts.”
― Jerry Guarino, Trilogies: 18 Sets of Short Fiction

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“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”
― Mary Shelley

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“My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical in the air. There's always this cloudy, moody sky and it's challenging.”
― Christopher Meloni, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

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“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Don't ruin a good story with the facts.”
― Jerry Guarino, Trilogies: 18 Sets of Short Fiction

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“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

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