Jun 16, 2015

CITY ON FIRE Superproof – Garth Risk Hallberg

It’s New Year’s Eve, 1976, and New York is a city on the edge. As midnight approaches, a blizzard sets in – and an unmistakable sound rings out across Central Park. Gunshots. Two of them.

The search for the shooter will throw together a rich cast of New Yorkers from all levels of society. All these lives are connected to one another – and to the life that still clings to that body in the park. Whether they know it or not, they are bound up in the same story – a story where history and revolution, love and art, crime and conspiracy are all packed into a single shell, ready to explode.

Then, on July 13th, 1977, the lights go out in New York City.

As a taster for Garth Risk Hallberg’s forthcoming blockbuster novel, we divided the book into 7 sections and created this limited edition boxset superproof. Only a lucky handful of recipients will be getting hold of them…

This design focuses on the rich cast of characters – from reluctant society heirs to art school dropouts, the lawbreakers and peacekeepers, and the Long Island kids drawn to the nascent downtown punk scene.

City on Fire will be published by Jonathan Cape in October - keep an eye out for the forthcoming book cover and check out the taster video.

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