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Tabloid City

A Novel

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By Pete Hamill

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Both a portrait of the modern city and a gripping thriller, Tabloid City is a classic New York novel from the writer who captured the city for decades.​

In a stately West Village town house, a wealthy socialite and her secretary are murdered. In the 24 hours that follow, a flurry of activity surrounds their shocking deaths. 

The head of one of the city’s last tabloids stops the presses. A cop investigates the killing. A reporter chases the story. A disgraced hedge fund manager flees the country. An Iraq War vet seeks revenge. And an angry young extremist plots a major catastrophe.

The city is many things: a proving ground, a decadent carnival, or a palimpsest of memories — a historic metropolis eclipsed by modern times.

  • PRAISE FOR TABLOID CITY:

    "Murder and mayhem...a ticking time bomb of a novel."
    Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
  • "Engrossing...A gritty tone-poem in prose on New York City life--and death."
    Alan Cheuse, San Francisco Chronicle
  • "This is the veteran journalist at his best....Tabloid City stands as both an authentic thriller as well as a farewell to the city that was Hamill's New York."
    Sheryl Connelly, New York Daily News

On Sale
May 22, 2012
Page Count
304 pages
Publisher
Back Bay Books
ISBN-13
9780316020763

Pete Hamill

About the Author

Pete Hamill (1935-2020) was a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He was the author of twenty-two books, including the bestselling novels Tabloid City, North River, Forever, and Snow in August, and the bestselling memoir A Drinking Life

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