{"product_id":"city-on-fire-9780099597476","title":"City on Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW AN APPLE TV SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Extraordinary...dazzling... a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMidnight, New Year''s Eve, 1976. Nine lives are about to be changed forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, on July 13th, 1977, the lights go out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Dazzling'' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Heart-stopping'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Addictive'' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Extraordinary'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtraordinary…dazzling… a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eStaggering…gloriously ambitious * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA novel of head-snapping ambition and heart-stopping power –  a novel that attests to its young author’s boundless and unflagging talents * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eExciting, imaginative and perfectly paced * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eDickensian, massively  entertaining, as close to a great American novel as this century has produced -- Stephen King\u003cbr\u003eYou’re soon zipping through Hallberg’s vividly realised New York like a child discovering Hogwarts for the first time * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis book felt to me like a DVD boxset, in that each chapter was so short that I’d find myself reading just one more, just one more, and then find myself still reading an hour later. I love this book: this is definitely for me the best book we’ve done on the Book Club this year. * Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club *\u003cbr\u003eOnce I started Hallberg's addictive soap opera shuttling between uptown and downtown Manhattan, I couldn't stop ... This is \u003ci\u003eThe Goldfinch\u003c\/i\u003e with a safety pin through its beak. -- James Kidd * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force * Daily Mail *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732327477591,"sku":"9780099597476","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099597476.jpg?v=1719996426","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/city-on-fire-9780099597476","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}