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One Night, New York
- Author
- Lara Thompson
- Narrator
- Stephanie Cannon
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 6 January 2022
- Run Time
- 10 hours 29 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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'ENTHRALLING' THE TIMES, BEST NEW HISTORICAL FICTION
A THRILLING DEBUT NOVEL OF CORRUPTION AND MURDER, SET IN THE NIGHTCLUBS, TENEMENTS AND SKYSCRAPERS OF 1930s NEW YORK - FROM THE WINNER OF THE VIRAGO/THE POOL NEW CRIME WRITER AWARD.
At the top of the Empire State Building on a freezing December night, two women hold their breath. Frances and Agnes are waiting for the man who has wronged them. They plan to seek the ultimate revenge.
Set over the course of a single night, One Night, New York is a detective story, a romance and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of bohemian Greenwich Village between the wars, of floozies and artists and addicts, of a city that sucked in creatives and immigrants alike, lighting up the world, while all around America burned amid the heat of the Great Depression.
'An atmospheric portrait of a city in the grip of the Great Depression as well as a compelling crime story' GUARDIAN
'Thompson's impressive debut delivers a beautifully detailed and multifaceted account of Jazz Age New York' IRISH TIMES
'An assured debut so evocative you can almost smell the bathtub gin wafting off the pages' RED MAGAZINE
Critics Review
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Lara Thompson's portrayal of stubborn, brave Frances is enthralling; this page-turning thriller marks her as a writer to watch
The Times, Best New Historical Fiction
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An atmospheric portrait of a city in the grip of the Great Depression as well as a compelling crime story
Guardian
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From its breathless opening pages, ONE NIGHT, NEW YORK transports the reader to the glitter and the danger of old New York. A page-turner with style
Erin Kelly
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Thompson's impressive debut delivers a beautifully detailed and multifaceted account of Jazz Age New York
Irish Times
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An assured debut so evocative you can almost smell the bathtub gin wafting off the pages
Red Magazine
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When the final credits go up on this dark debut, it's like surfacing into daylight after a session in an old-fashioned cinema. With its film noir edginess, this story of 1930s speakeasy New York begins with a dizzying scene atop the Empire State Building - two women, lovers, about to push a man who embodies the corruption of the times to his death
Sainsbury's magazine
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With atmospheric strokes, Thompson, a film expert, draws an unforgettable picture of New York as if it were part of a black and white movie and paints a delicate canvas of thrills and emotions
CrimeTime
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Evocative
Crime Monthly
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Atmospheric
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From the Dust Bowl of the Great Depression to a New York changing forever as the tenement-dwellers are forced to make way for the skyscrapers, this is an elegantly written debut. It's a novel about gangsters and their pet politicians, of Greenwich Village artists and nightclub musicians, of corruption and violence - a wonderful recreation of an era that's both scintillating and horrifying
Morning Star
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A riveting novel which transports us back to 1932 in the city that never sleeps
Daily Express
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Details
- Author
- Lara Thompson
- Narrator
- Stephanie Cannon
- Duration
- 10 hours 29 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 January 2022
- ISBN
- 9781405553681
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries
Synopsis
'ONE NIGHT, NEW YORK transports the reader to the glitter and the danger of old New York. A page-turner with style.' ERIN KELLY'ENTHRALLING' THE TIMES, BEST NEW HISTORICAL FICTIONA THRILLING DEBUT NOVEL OF CORRUPTION AND MURDER, SET IN THE NIGHTCLUBS, TENEMENTS AND SKYSCRAPERS OF 1930s NEW YORK - FROM THE WINNER OF THE VIRAGO/THE POOL NEW CRIME WRITER AWARD.At the top of the Empire State Building on a freezing December night, two women hold their breath. Frances and Agnes are waiting for the man who has wronged them. They plan to seek the ultimate revenge.Set over the course of a single night, One Night, New York is a detective story, a romance and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of bohemian Greenwich Village between the wars, of floozies and artists and addicts, of a city that sucked in creatives and immigrants alike, lighting up the world, while all around America burned amid the heat of the Great Depression.'An atmospheric portrait of a city in the grip of the Great Depression as well as a compelling crime story' GUARDIAN'Thompson's impressive debut delivers a beautifully detailed and multifaceted account of Jazz Age New York' IRISH TIMES'An assured debut so evocative you can almost smell the bathtub gin wafting off the pages' RED MAGAZINE
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