{"product_id":"one-night-new-york-9780349011103","title":"One Night New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''ONE NIGHT, NEW YORK transports the reader to the glitter and the danger of old New York. A page-turner with style.'' ERIN KELLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''ENTHRALLING'' THE TIMES, BEST NEW HISTORICAL FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA THRILLING DEBUT NOVEL OF CORRUPTION AND MURDER, SET IN THE NIGHTCLUBS, TENEMENTS AND SKYSCRAPERS OF 1930s NEW YORK - FROM THE WINNER OF THE VIRAGO\/\u003ci\u003eTHE POOL \u003c\/i\u003eNEW CRIME WRITER AWARD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the top of the Empire State Building on a freezing December night, two women hold their breath. Frances and Agnes are waiting for the man who has wronged them. They plan to seek the ultimate revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet over the course of a single night, \u003ci\u003eOne Night, New York \u003c\/i\u003eis a detective story, a romance and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of bohemian Greenwich Village between the wars, of floozies and artists and addicts, of a city that sucked in creatives and immigrants alike, lighting up the world, while all around America burned amid the heat of the Great Depression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An atmospheric portrait of a city in the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egrip of the Great Depression as well as a compelling \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecrime story'' GUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Thompson''s impressive debut delivers a beautifully detailed and multifaceted account of Jazz Age New York'' IRISH TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An assured debut so evocative you can almost smell the bathtub gin wafting off the pages'' RED MAGAZINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLara Thompson's portrayal of stubborn, brave Frances is \u003cb\u003eenthralling\u003c\/b\u003e; this \u003cb\u003epage-turning thriller \u003c\/b\u003emarks her as a writer to watch -- Antonia Senior * The Times, Best New Historical Fiction *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eatmospheric \u003c\/b\u003eportrait of a city in the grip of the Great Depression as well as a \u003cb\u003ecompelling crime story\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eFrom its breathless opening pages, ONE NIGHT, NEW YORK \u003cb\u003etransports the reader to the glitter and the danger of old New York. A page-turner with style\u003c\/b\u003e * Erin Kelly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThompson's impressive debut delivers a beautifully detailed and multifaceted account of Jazz Age New York\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn assured debut so evocative you can almost smell the bathtub gin wafting off the pages\u003c\/b\u003e * Red Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eWhen the final credits go up on this dark debut, it's like surfacing into daylight after a session in an old-fashioned cinema. With its \u003cb\u003efilm noir edginess\u003c\/b\u003e, this story of 1930s speakeasy New York begins with a dizzying scene atop the Empire State Building - two women, lovers, about to push a man who embodies the corruption of the times to his death * Sainsbury's magazine *\u003cbr\u003eWith atmospheric strokes, Thompson, a film expert, draws \u003cb\u003ean unforgettable picture of New York \u003c\/b\u003eas if it were part of a black and white movie and paints a delicate canvas of thrills and emotions * CrimeTime *\u003cbr\u003eEvocative * Crime Monthly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e * i paper *\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Dust Bowl of the Great Depression to a New York changing forever as the tenement-dwellers are forced to make way for the skyscrapers, this is \u003cb\u003ean \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eelegantly written \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edebut\u003c\/b\u003e. It's a novel about gangsters and their pet politicians, of Greenwich Village artists and nightclub musicians, of corruption and violence - \u003cb\u003ea \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewonderful recreation of an era that's both scintillating and horrifying\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mat Coward * Morning Star *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA\u003cb\u003e riveting \u003c\/b\u003enovel which transports us back to 1932 in the city that never sleeps\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Express *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47846217384279,"sku":"9780349011103","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349011103.jpg?v=1710521715","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/one-night-new-york-9780349011103","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}