City on Fire

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

The New York Times bestsellerA Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2017 '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

The best book we ve done on the Book Club this year - Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club A novel of head-snapping ambition and heart-stopping power Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Love The Wire? Then read this GQ Extraordinary dazzling a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York Observer You re soon zipping through Hallberg s vividly realised New York like a child discovering Hogwarts for the first time The Times The kind of exuberant, zeitgeisty novel, like The Bonfire of the Vanities or The Goldfinch, that you ll either love, hate or pretend to have read Vogue The hype is justified: this is the year s must-read book - ShortlistNEW 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.