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City on fire, darkness, garth risk hallberg, mask, memory, perspective 2 likes. Garth risk hallberg was born in louisiana and grew up in north carolina. Mercer is a young black man come up from alabama to take up a job as a teacher, hoping to break free of. Clocking in at more than 900 pages, garth risk hallbergs thrilling new novel, city on fire, brings gritty 1970s manhattan to life. As discussed previously here on mobylives, hallbergs novel had already been optioned for film by scott. Stephen king the years most exciting fiction debut. Meet regan and william hamiltonsweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city s great fortunes. City on fire kindle edition by hallberg, garth risk.
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