CITY ON FIRE Hardcover

"City on Fire" can refer to two distinct and notable novels. One, by Garth Risk Hallberg, is an ambitious, sprawling epic set in New York City in the mid-1970s, intricately weaving together the lives of diverse characters—from wealthy heirs to punk rockers and a determined detective—against the backdrop of the city's decay and the infamous 1977 blackout, all sparked by a mysterious shooting. The other, by Don Winslow, is the first volume in a gripping crime saga inspired by Greek tragedies, focusing on the escalating war between Irish and Italian crime syndicates in 1980s Providence, Rhode Island, and the struggles of Danny Ryan, a longshoreman caught in the brutal conflict ignited by a woman who comes between the rival factions.