City on Fire - Now an Apple TV Series. Nominiert: Dylan Thomas Prize, 2016
Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2016 |
Seiten | 944 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,9 x 4,9 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 690 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0099597470 |
EAN | 9780099597476 |
Bestell-Nr | 09959747EA |
Its New Years Eve, 1976, and New York is a city on the edge. As midnight approaches, a blizzard sets in and the sound of two gunshots rings out across Central Park. The search for the shooter will bring together a rich cast of New Yorkers. With rights sold in more than 16 territories, this sensational novel invites comparisons with the work of Don DeLillo and Jonathan Franzen.
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NOW AN APPLE TV SERIES
'Extraordinary...dazzling... a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York' Observer
Midnight, New Year's Eve, 1976. Nine lives are about to be changed forever.
Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, heirs to one of New York's greatest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by the punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbour - 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.
Then, on July 13th, 1977, the lights go out.
'Dazzling' Washington Post
'Heart-stopping' New York Times
'Addictive' Independent
'Extraordinary' Observer
Rezension:
Extraordinary...dazzling... a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York Observer