
City on Fire
by Drew
The Short Version: On New Year’s Eve 1977, a young woman is shot in Central Park. How does she connect to a newspaper reporter, a fireworker, a Long Island kid who wants to be punk, some philosophical rebel-punks, and one of the wealthiest families in the city? More importantly, how do all of these people connect – and how do they survive in a city that seems on the edge of total collapse? The Review: I am baffled that Knopf isn’t […]
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