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Garth risk hallberg was born in louisiana and grew up in north carolina. Garth risk hallberg sat in a room for six years writing a 900page novel that he thought was unpublishable. Dickensian, massively entertaining, as close to a great american novel as this century has produced. Garth risk hallberg, alex mckenna, bronson pinchot, macleod andrews, paul michael, rebecca lowman, tristan morris, random. An edgeofyourseat epic, which is as tightly told as it is ambitious. Its been a while since a debut novel received as much prepublication scrutiny as city on fire, garth risk hallbergs sprawling narrative about death, love, money and art in 1970s new york. Before deciding whether to tackle garth risk hallbergs massive debut novel, city on fire, even the most avid reader can be excused for asking whether its worth the commitment that. The official city on fire trailer, featuring a new song by hamilton leithauser and paul maroon be there when the clocks strike twelve. Its a 944page novel about new york city in the mid 1970s. Garth risk hallberg, the literary wunderkind of 2015 the. The novel takes place in new york city in the 1970s. City on fire garth risk hallberg lets go back to summer in the city new york city, 1977.
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