{"product_id":"city-on-fire-9780804172950","title":"City on Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA mystery that reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power in New York and \"captures the city's dangerous, magnetic allure\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eStreaming now on Apple TV+\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As close to a great American novel as this century has produced.\" --Stephen King \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the blackout of July 13, 1977, plunges this world into darkness, each of these lives will be changed forever. \u003ci\u003eCity on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarth Risk Hallberg's first novel, \u003ci\u003eCity on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and international bestseller, has been translated into 17 languages, and was named one of the best books of 2015 by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNPR, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the author of a novella, \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to the North American Family\u003c\/i\u003e. His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest New American Voices 2008\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has written critical essays for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. A two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's award for Excellence in Reviewing, he lives in New York with his wife and children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627572007186,"sku":"9780804172950","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b57687f-b7b3-4c6a-a9ce-f3a1ee03814c.jpg?v=1732676784","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/city-on-fire-9780804172950","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}