{"product_id":"9781250119421","title":"Manhattan Night : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eManhattan Night\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Colin Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eManhattan Nocturne\u003c\/i\u003e and now a major motion picture starring \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Campbell Scott, and Jennifer Beals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePorter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat, he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her husband, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail—one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColin Harrison's \u003ci\u003eManhattan Night \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliantly drawn tableau of the gritty, gaudy city and a thrilling literary noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Harrison has produced a thriller that seems to want to be equal parts of Raymond Chandler, William Styron, and Tom Wolfe. . . . These corollary aspirations generate some of the greatest pleasures in Mr. Harrison's novel, so that the same narrative that impresses us with its top-to-bottom knowledge of New York City fauna is also illuminating about the quiet acts of omission that irrevocably damage a marriage.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You're trapped by page two. . . . This is the work of a powerful writer . . . with a powerful story.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A smart, entertaining novel.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Harrison] spares no detail of sex and violence, imbuing every phrase with a visceral punch and a sardonic tone. . . . Truly thrilling.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A great, roaring story of power, lust, greed, and a very human folly that characterizes our preposterous millennium--told with compassion, intelligence, and striking human insight.” —\u003ci\u003eMary Gaitskill, author of Veronica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A white-knuckle ride . . . With the narrative drive of a hurtling subway express, Harrison plunges readers into a scary subterranean world in which the only comfort comes from the neon flashes of his prose.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eManhattan Nocturne\u003c\/i\u003e soars.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250119421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40603509391566,"sku":"9781250119421","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250119421","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}