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City on fire

The all-too-human individuals who live within this extraordinary first novel are: Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's biggest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Sam, two Long Island teenagers seduced by downt...

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Main Author: Hallberg, Garth Risk.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Betrayal > Fiction.
Forgiveness > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > New York.
Romance fiction > New York.
Historical fiction > New York.
Summary: The all-too-human individuals who live within this extraordinary first novel are: Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's biggest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Sam, two Long Island teenagers seduced by downtown's nascent punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter; his spunky, West Coast-transplant neighbor; and the detective trying to figure out what they all have to do with a shooting in Central Park. From post-Vietnam youth culture to the fiscal crisis, from a lushly appointed townhouse on Sutton Place to a derelict squat on East 3rd Street, this city on fire is at once recognizable and completely unexpected. And when the infamous blackout of July 13th, 1977 plunges it into darkness, each of these entangled lives will be changed, irrevocably.
Physical Description: 903 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780385353779 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0385353774 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780804172950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804172951 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes: Garth Risk Hallberg was born in Louisiana and grew up in North Carolina. His writing has appeared in Prairie Schooner, The New York Times, Best New American Voices, and, most frequently, The Millions. His novella, A Field Guide to the North American Family, was published in 2007.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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