TheNew York Timesbestseller A Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2017

'Extraordinarydazzling a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York'Observer

Midnight, New Years Eve, 1976. Nine lives are about to be changed forever.

Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, heirs to one of New York's greatest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by the punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbour and the detective trying to figure out what any of them have to do with a shooting in Central Park on New Years Eve.

Then, on July 13th, 1977, the lights go out.

'Dazzling'Washington Post

'Heart-stopping'New York Times

'Addictive'Independent

'Extraordinary'Observer

Garth Risk Hallbergs first novel,City on Fire, was an international bestseller and was named one of the best books of the year by theDaily Telegraph, theGuardian, theWashington Post, theIndependent, andVogue, among others. His illustrated novella,A Field Guide to the North American Familywas nominated for aBelieverBook Award and his short fiction and essays have been published in theGuardian, and theNew York Times Book Review. He is aGrantaBest Young American Novelist. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and children and is at work on a new novel.