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OverviewFrom one of America's premier writers of fiction (New York Times) comes this novel inspired by the 1985 police bombing of a West Philadelphia row house owned by the back-to-nature, Afrocentric cult known as Move. The bombing killed eleven people and started a fire that destroyed sixty other houses. At the center of the story is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who returns to his old neighborhood after spending a decade fleeing from his past, and his search for the lone survivor of the fire -- a young boy who was seen running from the flames. An impassioned, brutally honest journey through the despair and horror of life in urban America, Philadelphia Fire isn't a book you read so much as one you breathe (San Francsisco Chronicle). Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Edgar WidemanPublisher: Mariner Books Imprint: Mariner Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780618509645ISBN 10: 061850964 Pages: 199 Publication Date: 01 January 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire, and the story collection God's Gym. He is the recipient of two PEN/ Faulkner Awards and has been nominated for the National Book Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |