CITY ON FIRE
Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2015
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Condition: Used
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Signed special first printing of this substantial novel that paints an evocative picture of mid-70s New York via an odd shooting in Central Park - part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 9.25'' x 6''. Original black boards. Original unclipped ($30.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 912 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Hallberg to title page. In original black cloth slipcase with red metallic stamping. Dust jacket with one tiny bump. Tight and clean.…
Seller Inventory # 49646
- Title
- CITY ON FIRE
- Author
- Hallberg, Garth Risk
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385353774
- ISBN 13
- 9780385353779
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Dimensions
- 9.25'' x 6''.
- Seller catalogs
- Lit
“A novel of head-snapping ambition and heart-stopping power—a novel that attests to its young author’s boundless and unflagging talents.” —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
New 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.
The mystery, as it reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power, will open up even the loneliest-seeming corners of the crowded city. And when the blackout of July 13, 1977, plunges this world into darkness, each of these lives will be changed forever.
City on Fire 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.
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Type Punch Matrix
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Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade. TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from throughout print history, for collectors and institutions alike. Handpress and modern books, archives and manuscripts, letterpress and ephemera: TPM aims to make collecting both more accessible and more diverse, and believes in the mindful acquisition, preservation, and celebration of the materials of our literary cultures. …
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