Garth Risk Hallberg Livres

31 décembre 1976. New York se prépare pour le réveillon. Chez les Hamilton-Sweeney, Felicia accueille financiers et mondains tandis qu’à l’autre bout de la ville, dans le Lower East Side, Charlie, venu de Long Island, attend Sam pour assister à un concert punk. Mais Sam a un autre rendez-vous auquel elle tient plus que tout. Elle retrouvera Charlie dans quelques heures à la station de métro de la 72e Rue. A quelques encablures de là, dans Hell’s Kitchen, Mercer Goodman tourne et retourne un délicat carton d’invitation. Et s’il se rendait à la réception des Hamilton-Sweeney pour retrouver Regan, cette soeur que William, en rupture avec sa famille, lui a toujours cachée ? Pourquoi ne pas saisir l’occasion d’en apprendre plus sur William, son amant, l’ancien leader du groupe punk Ex Post Facto ? Bientôt, des coups de feu retentissent dans Central Park. Une ombre s’écroule dans la neige... Qu’est-ce qui peut bien unir ces êtres, qui n’auraient jamais dû être amenés à se rencontrer, à un meurtre commis au coeur de Central Park ? Au sein de ce roman choral, leurs histoires s’entremêlent et nous entraînent dans les recoins les plus infimes de la ville.

Sixty-three entries and photographs comprise a unique collaborative portrait of two fictional families.

A luminous new novel plunges deep into the lives of a teenage girl and her father as they navigate love, grief, addiction, resurrection, and the restless pull of others. When 13-year-old Jolie Aspern drops her phone onto the subway tracks in 2011, her estranged dad, Ethan, seems far from her thoughts. A convicted felon and recovering addict, Ethan has always struggled with self-absorption. However, a call from his ex leads him to believe their daughter is in deeper trouble than anyone realizes. Determined to save her, he returns to New York, bringing with him the weight of his past—its triumphs and mistakes. Thus begins the intimate epic of Jolie and Ethan, exploring their connection as they navigate opposition from family, friends, and a probation officer eager to help. Their journey will push Jolie into the depths of a mysterious relationship and thrust Ethan into the complexities of his first love, Jolie's mother. As they struggle to reconnect, their path takes them from a surf break in mid-'90s Delaware to group therapy during the Great Recession, from an encampment at Occupy Wall Street to a HoJo on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and from the heights of the Brooklyn Bridge to horizons rarely depicted in fiction.

<b>‘The best book we’ve done on the Book Club this year’ - Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club</b> <b>‘A novel of head-snapping ambition and heart-stopping power’ – Michiko Kakutani, <i>New York Times </i></b> <b> </b> <b>‘Love <i>The Wire</i>? Then read this’ – <i>GQ</i></b> <b> ‘Extraordinary…dazzling… a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York’ – <i>Observer</i></b> <b></b> <b></b><b>‘You’re soon zipping through Hallberg’s vividly realised New York like a child discovering Hogwarts for the first time’ – <i>The Times</i> </b> <b></b> <b>‘The kind of exuberant, zeitgeisty novel, like <i>The Bonfire of the Vanities</i> or <i>The Goldfinch, </i>that you’ll either love, hate or pretend to have read’ – <i>Vogue</i></b> <b>‘The hype is justified: this is the year’s must-read book’ - <i>Shortlist</i></b> <b> <i></i> </b> <b> <i></i> </b> <b> <i>NEW YORK. 1977. BE THERE WHEN IT EXPLODES.</i> </b> It’s New Year’s Eve, 1976, and New York is a city on the edge. As midnight approaches, a blizzard sets in – and amidst the fireworks, an unmistakable sound rings out across Central Park. Gunshots. Two of them. The search for the shooter will bring together a rich cast of New Yorkers. From the reluctant heirs to one of the city's greatest fortunes, to a couple of Long Island kids drawn to the punk scene downtown. From the newly arrived and enchanted, to those so sick of the city they want to burn it to the ground. 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.