LoginGhost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now
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One of our most celebrated writers tackles one of our most celebrated cities.
In the newest addition to the Writer in the City series, acclaimed novelist Patrick McGrath presents three stories about New York City spanning three centuries. “The Year of the Gibbet” tells the tale of a young boy during the American Revolution, whose mother is hanged for defying the British army—and the tortured sense of complicity the boy carries with him for the remainder of his life. In “Julius,” a wealthy merchant at the time of the Civil War punishes his son’s passion for the arts by denying him the girl he loves, driving the boy
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Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA
Release date: 6 September 2005
ISBN-10 : 1582343128 | ISBN-13: 9781582343129
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Release date: 6 September 2005
ISBN-10 : 1582343128 | ISBN-13: 9781582343129
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