Communities everywhere are already buzzing about CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg, the hottest debut to hit shelves this year—bound to burn up book clubs, bestseller lists, and your library’s holds. Booklist calls CITY ON FIRE in a starred review, “both a compelling mystery and a literary tour de force.” Be sure to offer the audiobook of this #1 LibraryReads October pick, read by Odyssey Honor-winning narrator Rebecca Lowman (Eleanor & Park) and featuring Macleod Andrews, Alex McKenna, Paul Michael, Tristan Morris, and Bronson Pinchot. It’s truly phenomenal listening that will have your whole city (or at least your whole library!) firing up their headphones. On sale October 13, 2015.
Rebecca Lowman reads CITY ON FIRE along with some special guests
Listen to a clip of CITY ON FIRE:
Glowing Praise for Narrator Rebecca Lowman:
“Narrator Rebecca Lowman brings layers of meaning to the complex characters she portrays.”—AudioFile
“[W]hat I really like about Rebecca’s performances is that I don’t feel like she’s doing voices. Each character sounds different but I don’t feel like she’s doing the voice…She’s trying to shift into that character and she’s coming from where the character is coming from…”—Author Rainbow Rowell
The audiobook also features the voices of:
 MacLeod Andrews |
 Alex McKenna |
 Paul Michael |
 Tristan Morris |
 Bronson Pinchot |
Rave Reviews for CITY ON FIRE
#1 LibraryReads Pick for October: “WOW! An excellently executed work with intricate plot lines and fascinating characters. It’s a story of how the stories of many different people of New York City in the late seventies crash into each other like waves on rocks. This work may encapsulate the whole of New York City, as it has wealth, love, filth, passion, aimless angst, and the myriad of other aspects of humanity swirling in that amazing city.”—Racine Zackula, Wichita Public Library
“This magnificent first novel is full to bursting with plot, character, and emotion, all set within an exquisitely grungy 1970s New York City.”—Booklist, starred review
“epic, well-written, and highly entertaining”—Library Journal, starred review
The author addresses librarians at Penguin Random House’s BEA Breakfast May 2015:
