Zusatztext Brilliantly conceived! this gripping crime drama boasts dead-on dialogue! chiaroscuro portraits of New York's social strata and an inescapable crescendo of tension. Monty's solution to his agonising dilemmas will shock even hardened suspense lovers Informationen zum Autor David Benioff is an author and screenwriter. He adapted his first novel, The 25th Hour , into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. Stories from his critically acclaimed collection When the Nines Roll Over appeared in Best New American Voices . City of Thieves is his second novel. A co-creator of the HBO hit series Game of Thrones , he is also the writer of the films Troy , Brothers and X-Men Origins: Wolverine . He lives in Los Angeles and New York City. Klappentext From the writer of the award-winning Game of Thrones series for HBO based on the books of George R. R. Martin. 'David Benioff is an exceptional storyteller' Khaled Hosseini '[An] acerbically captivating first novel' New York Times Also adapted as a feature film by Spike Lee starring Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman Monty Brogan starts a seven-year prison sentence for dealing drugs tomorrow. Tonight is his last night of freedom. His father wants him to run. His drug-lord boss, Uncle Blue, wants to know if he squealed. His girlfriend isn't sure what she wants, and his two best friends know one thing for sure; after he goes in, he will never be the same. 'As unusual as it is well wrought: it resonates with a Whitmanesque sense of the city's possibilities and unsatisfied longings' New Yorker From the co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Sunday Times bestselling author of CITY OF THIEVES, this character-driven crime novel is a spellbinding portrait of three friends confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York. Zusammenfassung From the co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Sunday Times bestselling author of CITY OF THIEVES, this character-driven crime novel is a spellbinding portrait of three friends confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York....

Brilliantly conceived, this gripping crime drama boasts dead-on dialogue, chiaroscuro portraits of New York's social strata and an inescapable crescendo of tension. Monty's solution to his agonising dilemmas will shock even hardened suspense lovers

Vorwort
From the co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Sunday Times bestselling author of CITY OF THIEVES, this character-driven crime novel is a spellbinding portrait of three friends confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York.

Autorentext
David Benioff is an author and screenwriter. He adapted his first novel, The 25th Hour, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. Stories from his critically acclaimed collection When the Nines Roll Over appeared in Best New American Voices. City of Thieves is his second novel. A co-creator of the HBO hit series Game of Thrones, he is also the writer of the films Troy, Brothers and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He lives in Los Angeles and New York City.

Klappentext

From the writer of the award-winning Game of Thrones series for HBO based on the books of George R. R. Martin.

'David Benioff is an exceptional storyteller' Khaled Hosseini
'[An] acerbically captivating first novel' New York Times

Also adapted as a feature film by Spike Lee starring Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman

Monty Brogan starts a seven-year prison sentence for dealing drugs tomorrow. Tonight is his last night of freedom.

His father wants him to run. His drug-lord boss, Uncle Blue, wants to know if he squealed. His girlfriend isn't sure what she wants, and his two best friends know one thing for sure; after he goes in, he will never be the same.

'As unusual as it is well wrought: it resonates with a Whitmanesque sense of the city's possibilities and unsatisfied longings' New Yorker

Zusammenfassung
From the co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Sunday Times bestselling author of CITY OF THIEVES, this character-driven crime novel is a spellbinding portrait of three friends confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York.