Don Winslow

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic crime saga about the Irish and Italian crime syndicates in America during the 1980s and 1990s. "One of America's greatest storytellers." - Stephen King Providence, RI, 1986. Twenty-nine-year-old Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, loving husband, loyal friend, and occasional "muscle" for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees much of the city. He yearns for something more and dreams of starting over fresh, someplace far away. But when a modern-day Helen of Troy triggers a war between rival mob factions, Danny is embroiled in a conflict he can't escape. Now it is up to him to step into the breach to protect his family, the friends who are closer to him than brothers, and the only home he's ever known. 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).

A Novel

City on Fire

Leonie

Trotz Krankheit innerhalb von ein paar Tagen gelesen. Habe schon bessere von Don Winslow gelesen und hätte mir an der ein oder anderen stelle mehr Tiefe gewünscht.

Ich bin gespannt ob der Nachfolger noch mal das eine oder andere Auflöst.

Oliver Brux

Trotz Krankheit innerhalb von ein paar Tagen gelesen. Habe schon bessere von Don Winslow gelesen und hätte mir an der ein oder anderen stelle mehr Tiefe gewünscht.

Achtung Spoiler!

Warum hat Danny als „Quasi-Boss“ nie Geld?

Wieso wird ein killer (Sal) immer so überhöht als ob es unmöglich wäre ihn zu töten? Erst am Ende des Buchs kommt Liam mal auf die Idee ihm endlich aufzulauern. Dabei weiß die ganze zeit jeder wo Sal lebt.

Was soll die Sache mit der super reichen Mutter?

Ich bin gespannt ob der Nachfolger noch mal das eine oder andere Auflöst.

4.75 Stars

There's no one really doing it like Don Winslow. After the past few publications, this is the first one actually leaving me thrilled for the remaining two books of the trilogy. Winslow has been one of my favourite authors for over a decade now and he's finally done it again: he started a possible masterpiece of a trilogy. I was a sucker for the early works of his, but nothing reached the "The Power of the Dog"-trilogy, which I absolutely loved. This one right here? It might be off to the right start. 
Winslow, after finishing up the Cartel-story-arc in Power of the Dog, now takes on the Italian and the Irish Mafia in New England. Nobody quite does it like him: the whole book is not dripping with emotion, it's dry, hard, humorless and cynical, but still you suffer with them, you laugh, you chuckle and sometimes you just want to whack their heads - hard. It's a mystery to me how Winslow actually manages to let you hate every (!) single character (ok, but Ian), want both sides to win, both sides to loose spectacularly and still find the one character you'd actually pistolwhip yourself, if you had the chance. 
This is not a story full of love. It's also not a story you've never heard before. But it's well narrated. It's tragic, it's gruesome and it's as hard as the people playing their parts. And still you hope, you hope for that sliver of goodness in some of them. 

I'll stop here. But I truly enjoyed this. It might be the worthy successor to the Power trilogy and I'm excited to suffer through the rest of it. 

Elizabeth Neill

This was my first Don Winslow book and it was also a little out of my comfort zone, I was really glad I read this book.  I love watching movies and TV shows like this book, so I don't know why it took me this long to pick up a book like this. I really couldn't put it down and I could have read it in one day, but I wanted to take my time with it. I do have to say it dragged a little in some parts but it didn't take me out of the story. I will be picking up more from Don Winslow in the future and recommending him to all my friends. 

Thank you Tandem Collective, Harper Collins and William Morrow Books for letting read and review City on Fire.

1986, Providence, estado de Rhode Island. Danny Ryan es un estibador muy trabajador, un marido enamorado, un amigo leal y, ocasionalmente, músculo para el sindicato del crimen irlandés que supervisa gran parte de la ciudad. Anhela algo más y, sobre todo, sueña con empezar de nuevo en algún lugar. Pero cuando una moderna Helena de Troya desencadena una guerra entre facciones rivales de la Mafia, Danny se ve envuelto en un conflicto del que no puede escapar. Ahora depende de él aprovechar el vacío para proteger a su familia, a aquellos amigos que le son más cercanos que sus mismos hermanos y al único hogar que ha conocido.
Ciudad en llamas explora los temas clásicos de la lealtad, la traición, el honor y la corrupción desde ambos lados de la ley, convirtiéndose en una Ilíada contemporánea de manos del maestro Don Winslow.
La nueva trilogía del prestigioso escritor y superventas internacional Don Winslow, autor de la trilogía de El cártel: El poder del perro, El cártel y La frontera, además de Corrupción policial y Rotos. Ciudad en llamas es la primera novela de una nueva y épica saga.

Ciudad en llamas

Miguel Angel Palmer Salva

Javi Velasco

Manuel J. Rivera

Simon Lund Larsen

Sara Piteira 

“One of America’s greatest storytellers.” – Stephen King The new thriller from the #1 international bestseller – the start of a brand new trilogy Providence, RI, 1986. Twenty-nine-year-old Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, loving husband, loyal friend, and occasional “muscle” for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees much of the city. He yearns for something more and dreams of starting over fresh, someplace far away. But when a modern-day Helen of Troy triggers a war between rival mob factions, Danny is embroiled in a conflict he can’t escape. Now it is up to him to step into the breach to protect his family, the friends who are closer to him than brothers, and the only home he’s ever known. Exploring classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, honour, and corruption on both sides of the law, City on Fire is a contemporary Iliad from Don Winslow, “one of America’s greatest storytellers” (Stephen King).

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new triad. “One of America’s greatest storytellers.” – Stephen King Two criminal empires together control all of New England. Until a beautiful modern-day Helen of Troy comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire. Danny Ryan yearns for a more “legit” life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he has sworn to protect, he becomes a leader, a ruthless strategist, and a master of a treacherous game in which the winners live and the losers die. From the gritty streets of Providence to the glittering screens of Hollywood to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, Danny Ryan will forge a dynasty. Exploring the classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, and honor, City on Fire is a contemporary Iliad, a saga that spans generations—a towering achievement of storytelling genius from Don Winslow, “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Jon Land, Providence Journal).

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