City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
NEW YORK. 1977. BE THERE WHEN IT EXPLODES.
It's New Year's Eve, 1976, and New York is a city on the edge. As midnight approaches, a blizzard sets in and amidst the fireworks, an unmistakable sound rings out across Central Park. Gunshots. Two of them.
The search for the shooter will bring together a rich cast of New Yorkers. From the reluctant heirs to one of the city's greatest fortunes, to a couple of Long Island kids drawn to the punk scene downtown. From the newly arrived and enchanted, to those so sick of the city they want to burn it to the ground. All these lives are connected to one another and to the life that still clings to that body in the park. Whether they know it or not, they are bound up in the same story a story where history and revolution, love and art, crime and conspiracy are all packed into a single shell, ready to explode.
Then, on July 13th, 1977, the lights go out in New York City.
Format: Paperback | 944 pages
Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 48mm | 1,115g
Publication Date: 20 Oct 2015
Publisher: Vintage Publisher
Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 0224101714
ISBN13: 9780224101714
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks, and a considerable amount of creasing which is not too obvious as it blends in with the colours of the cover, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. Good, clean and solid copy.