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   • It's time to go to the mattresses. "City of Fire" stays true to its crime family roots and delivers what it advertises. With a nod to the Illiad's Helen of Troy, a gang war is sparked when a beautiful "goddess" walks out of the sea and all hell breaks loose between the Irish and Italians controlling Providence, Rhode Island…

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   Who is Danny Ryan in City on fire?

   • City on Fire is Don Winslow's new foray into the Irish/Italian mob scene in Providence, Rhode Island and holy cow is it good. Danny Ryan is the son of the one-time leader of Irish mob and is married to the daughter of the current head of the mob.

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   What is Don Winslow 'the Illiad' about?

   • This is the first of a trilogy by Don Winslow, an explicit contemporary literary take on The Illiad, Helen of Troy and the Trojan War, exploring the timeless themes of family, love, honour, loyalty and betrayal amongst the Irish and Italian mobsters who have until now co-existed peacefully in Providence, Rhode Island.

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   What happened to Don Winslow?

   • Don Winslow has announced his retirement and said in an appearance a couple of weeks ago that the next two volumes in this trilogy are already complete. As much as I've loved his work, I really hate to see him go. But if he must, this is an excellent first step on the way out the door.

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   Exploring classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, honor, and corruption on both sides of the law, City on Fire is a contemporary Iliad from Don Winslow, "America's greatest living crime writer" (Jon Land, Providence Journal).

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   Oct 21, 2021 · Exploring the classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, and honor, City on Fire is a contemporary masterpiece in the tradition of The Godfather, Casino, and Goodfellas—a thrilling saga from Don Winslow, “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Jon Land, Providence Journal).

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   May 9, 2022 · Described as ‘a fire hydrant’, Marty Ryan’s bodyguard Ned Egan is reassuringly menacing. An opportunist FBI agent nibbles and goads, trying to flip anyone he can, and all the while the story is chilled by the dour New England winter.

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   Apr 26, 2022 · Every summer, John and Cora Fox visit Cora’s mother, Lucy Lannigan, in Redbud Hollow, Kentucky, leaving their children, 12-year-old Thea and 10-year-old Rem, for a two-week taste of heaven. The children love Grammie Lucy far more than John’s snooty family, which looks down on Cora.

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   Jun 15, 2022 · City on Fire: A Novel. By Don Winslow. William Morrow. 384 pp. Reviewed by Bob Duffy. June 15, 2022. This piercing tale’s emotional precision distinguishes it from its author’s recent bestsellers. Don Winslow is today’s maestro of sprawling, testosterone-drenched Feds v. Mexicartel sagas.

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   Apr 28, 2022 · City on Fire is crime thriller novelist Don Winslow’s modern take on the classic tale of Helen of Troy from the Illiad, using the gangs of 1980s New England as a backdrop.

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   Jun 4, 2022 · Winslow pulls no punches in this story of a mob war that erupts in 1980s New England between Irish and Italian Americans, sparked by irrational jealousy over a woman. Before it’s over, the war will leave a trail of bodies from both factions across Providence, Rhode Island, along with lives irrevocably upended and the threat of more bloodshed ...