Garth Risk Hallberg's novel City on Fire follows a wide cast of narrators — punks, heirs, detectives, journalists, artists — through New York City in the '70s. But there's another character featured heavily in the book: music
As characters navigate the '70s punk scene, music both drives the book's protagonists and enriches the world of City on Fire — sometimes literally
For instance, when Charlie, one of those main characters, attends his favorite band's New Year's Eve show, Hallberg writes:
"The sheer monophonic power of this sound blew away any impression those tuxed f*cks had left. It was an avalanche, hurtling downhill, snapping trees and houses like tinkertoys, taking up every sound in its path and obliterating it in a white roar. As Charlie felt himself being taken up into it, totally, unable to decide whether it was good or bad — unable, even, to care.” Read more...
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