Garth Hallberg’s “City on Fire”
Garth Risk Hallberg’s “City on Fire” is this year’s big debut novel. It’s a sweeping 900-page story about New York City in the mid-70s, chronicling everything from the punk music scene to the rise of Wall Street’s runaway hedge funds. Hallberg says he’s fascinated by the idea of creative destruction.
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