City on Fire
City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg, published by National Geographic Books on July 26, 2016, is a reprint edition comprising 944 pages. This novel unfolds in New York City during the tumultuous year of 1976, weaving together the lives of various characters, including estranged heirs Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, their lovers Keith and Mercer, and suburban teenagers Charlie and Samantha. The narrative explores the interconnectedness of these individuals against the backdrop of a shooting in Central Park on New Year’s Eve and the blackout of July 13, 1977, which alters their lives forever.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of relationships and societal dynamics that reflect the era’s cultural landscape. The story delves into themes of love, betrayal, and the quest for truth, all set against the vibrant backdrop of urban life and the punk scene. City on Fire captures the complexities of human connections and the impact of historical events on personal lives, making it a significant exploration of life in a city marked by both danger and allure.
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A mystery that “captures the city’s dangerous, magnetic allure” (The New York Times), and reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power in 1970’s New York.
“As close to a great American novel as this century has produced.” —Stephen King
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.
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.
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