In a city that never was,in an America that never was,on a snowy night at the end of winter,two detectives find a body on the roof of a skyscraper.
It's 1922,and Americans are drinking in speakeasies,dancing to jazz,stepping quickly to the tempo of modern times. Beside the Mississippi,the ancient city of Cahokia lives on - a teeming industrial metropolis,containing every race and creed.
Among them,peace holds. Just about. But that body on the roof is about to spark off a week that will spill the city's secrets,and bring it,against a soundtrack of wailing clarinets and gunfire,either to destruction or rebirth.
The multiple-award-winning Francis Spufford returns,with a lovingly created,richly pleasure-giving,epically scaled tale set in the golden age of wicked entertainments.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571387632Number of pages: 496Weight: 733 gDimensions: 234 x 153 x 35 mmEdition: Main
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