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Tabloid City: A Novel Hardcover – May 5, 2011

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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. As much a thriller as it is a gripping portrait of the city of today, Tabloid City is a new fiction classic from the writer who has captured New York perfectly for decades.

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Little, Brown and Company
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May 5, 2011
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6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches
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0316020753
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978-0316020756
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Hamill (North River) forays into Dominic Dunne society crime territory before veering uncomfortably into a far-fetched terrorist plot. Just as the last ever edition of the New York World is getting put to bed, veteran editor Sam Briscoe stops the presses for a sensational murder: socialite Cynthia Harding and her personal secretary are found stabbed to death in Harding's Manhattan town house. The story unfolds in time-stamped, you-are-there bursts that follow a large cast, including several journalists; Cynthia's adopted daughter; a disgraced Madoff-like financier; a media blogger; the murdered secretary's husband, a police officer assigned to a counterterrorism task force, as well as their son, a convert to radical Islam; and best of all by the weary and worldly Briscoe himself. Hamill is at his best in the Briscoe portions, rich in print anecdotes and mournful for a passing age, but as both the initial murders and the closing of the paper play into a larger plot and the young extremist becomes the driving force of the novel, the quality slides precipitously, and, as if sensing defeat, the book is brought to a too abrupt conclusion with most of the principals gathered for a group of scenes that strain credulity. Hamill nails the dying newsroom, but gets lost on the terrorism beat. (May)
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PRAISE FOR NORTH RIVER:

"Lovely, richly textured....Is there another living writer with as firm a grasp on the city's sidewalks, its buildings, its history?"―Scott Stephens, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Hamill's love story casts an engaging spell, and Manhattan-lovers will delight in the gritty particulars."

―Tanner Stransky, Entertainment Weekly

"North River seduces us with the author's sweetly convinced nostalgia for his city....Hamill's a smart guy and a fluent writer, and few people have written quite so beautifully about New York as he has."―Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times

"Hamill has crafted a beautiful novel, rich in New York City detail and ambience, that showcases the power of human goodness and how love, in its many forms, can prevail in an unfair world."

―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Publisher : Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (May 5, 2011)
Language : English
Hardcover : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0316020753
ISBN-13 : 978-0316020756
Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
Dimensions : 6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #4,045,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,059 in City Life Fiction (Books)
- #111,530 in Suspense Thrillers
- #164,034 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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Pete Hamill enthralls

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2015

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Pete Hamill is a man after my own heart. His voice is sure and in spite of - or maybe because of - his life in journalism, he is neither jaded nor bitter and that is reflected in the shining prose of this work. In straightforward language, his believable characters stay with the reader, taking us along the New York streets, their circles entwining in ways that surprise and touch us. The old New York lives just beneath the surface of the current New York, its music still heard, if faintly, by those who remember and those of us who wish we could have known it and are grateful for the vicarious satisfactions of hearing its tales told well. Yet the crowded city produces a deep sense of loneliness and this book examines what loneliness can do, for better or worse. Hamill is a man who lived a storied life and we are all the richer for hearing them.

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Hammill's Love Affair Continues

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2012

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No one loves New York City as much as Pete Hammill -- a lifelong resident he has proven his love through his writings that provide insight into every Borough. Tabloid City reads like its eponymous genre, in a punchy stacatto style showcasing Hammill's journalistic background. It is presented as a pastiche embodying 24 pivotal hours in the lives of a cast of characters that would seemingly have no points of contact, but since the central character here is the City, of course they all will converbe at some point in what may seem to be almost too pat a conclusion. But this is a novel to savor, and Since Hammill loves his characters as much as his City, he won't be unnecessarily cruel to them.

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kenman40

Absolutely New York

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2018

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Being the veteran New York newspaper writer he is, the tone is perfect for a story taking place over two nights and one day in New York. Set during or just after the financial crisis in 2008, Mr. Hamill takes you inside the New York tabloid newsroom for a fast paced New York police, news and socialite story. Great characters and extremely true to New York

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R. J. Marsella

Flawed But I Admire Hamill's Nostalgic Love Of NYC

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2012

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Pete Hamill must be given credit for trying something brave in the way he structured this novel. It results in a sometimes choppy but never a dull read. He writes with an appreciation and love of New York that permeates every page. His nostalgia for the old days of newspaper reporting is also very evident and enjoyable throughout this book. I think he may have tried to do a bit too much here and that leads to some choppiness and forced encounters that don't ring quite true. Nevertheless he is an author always worth reading and this novel has more than it's share of outstanding passages.

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Peter Hillman

Why "Tabloid City" Matters

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2011

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This is a terrific book, truly one that captures our dark and scary times while still lighting a candle to show a possible way out. "Tabloid City" also, it seems to me, heralds the on-going evolution of this most-gifted author, long one of the most versatile and gifted chroniclers and thinkers we have.

It is present day. New York is no longer "My Downtown." Yes, on surface this is a depressing epic, but such are the changed times in which we find ourselves. As Hamill demonstrates, blind faith in technology, a seemingly endless and crippling recession and, most of all, September 11, have changed our world irrevocably.

The old faiths, favorites, tribes, rituals and retreats are gone for good. It seems that in their place there is nothing but mayhem, fear and uncertainty.

Hamill's characters find it pointless to try to sugar-coat the painful realities of today, or wall-paper them over with wistful remembrances of "glory" days and past champions. For too many (and not just the poor and afflicted), life now in the big city boils down to a constant struggle for mere survival, sometimes hour-to-hour. One day here encapsulates odysseys of lifetimes.

And yet--not all is lost.

Even people desperate themselves can, and still do, achieve miracles, minor and major. These are not the breath-taking, lyrical miracles of "Snow In August," or "Forever." Progress--digging ourselves out of the impersonal messes we've made--is likely to be incremental. And so it is fitting that the prose style here is unlike that of his other classics. What Hamill does now is staccato yet still intimate; taut yet still enlightening.

I believe the remarkable accomplishment here, and why this book matters, is in Hamill's revealing that even in our own struggles, we can find true meaning out of chaos and fulfill human purpose by rendering acts, small or large, of kindness, sacrifice and love. While the loathsome villains are (and always will be) on hand, the memorable characters are those who perform selfless acts of charity for others--sometimes strangers.

What I come away remembering most are the givers, for they are the ones who will light the way out. The humble, anonymous Mexican woman whose small tender act enriches a disabled and bitter vet of the Iraq war. The socialite who mentors a young and poor Jamaican to achieve her full promise. The lonely, aged artist, who rescues his former muse and her family. And the conflicted policeman, sacrificing out of his own despair and loss, for the greater good.

Hamill reminds us that while the world has changed, these intended or random acts of generosity and love are timeless in nature. What's more, as the Hamill doppelganger Sam Briscoe comes to understand, it ultimately matters not through what medium these acts of grace are reported--or if they are reported at all.

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Mary Anne Wachter

outstanding

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2014

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No surprise that Pete Hamill has written another block buster of a novel. The staccato pace makes it a book I could not put down.

Mr. Hamill is skilled at melding the disparate stories of his characters of his novel into a single finale. You can almost see it coming. Just out of reach, until he hits you with the ending. Great writing. Good book.

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Joan Speckin

excellent crime novel

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013

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This is the first book of Pete Hamil's that I have read and I found it riveting.Very well written and the characters are beautifully described and woven into the story throughout the book. I particularly enjoyed the time line of events. I will gladly add Hamill's name to my list of favored authors.

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The Real Deal

It pains me....

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2011

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To say this, but I really struggled with this book. Blasphemy, I know right. But it's true. I found it wordy, too much like a trip down memory lane for Pete, the characters incredibly hard to follow, and not very exciting. I saw one of the reviews comparing it to a modern day Bonfire....Vanities. Oh c'mon, please, not even close.
I wanted to like it, really I did. I'm searching for good Summer reads, this was not one of them unfortunately.

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Dinas Reader

A good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2016

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Brisk thriller set in New York with a fascinating portrait of the newspaper office and journalists. A good read.

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