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"A novel of head-snapping ambition and heart-stopping power-a novel that attests to its young author's boundless and unflagging talents." -Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
New York City, 1976. Meet Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's great fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by downtown's punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbor-and the detective trying to figure out what any of them have to do with a shooting in Central Park on New Year's Eve.
The mystery, as it reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power, will open up even the loneliest-seeming corners of the crowded city. And when the blackout of July 13, 1977, plunges this world into darkness, each of these lives will be changed forever.
City on Fire is an unforgettable novel about love and betrayal and forgiveness, about art and truth and rock 'n' roll: about what people need from each other in order to live . . . and about what makes the living worth doing in the first place.
| ISBN: | 9780385353779 |
| Publication date: | 13th October 2015 |
| Author: | Garth Risk Hallberg |
| Publisher: | Knopf an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 903 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Meet Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's great fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by downtown's punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbor-and the detective trying to figure out what any of them have to do with a shooting in Central Park on New Year's Eve. The mystery, as it reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power, will open up even the loneliest-seeming corners of the crowded city. And when the blackout of July 13, 1977, plunges this world into darkness, each of these lives will be changed forever. City on Fire is an unforgettable novel about love and betrayal and forgiveness, about art and truth and rock 'n' roll: about what people need from each other in order to live . . . and about what makes the living worth doing in the first place.
City on Fire features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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City on Fire was written by Garth Risk Hallberg and published by Knopf an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
City on Fire has 903 pages
