Blackest Bird: A Novel of Murder in Nineteenth-Century New York
Joel Rose
(Author)
Description
In the sweltering summer of 1841, Mary Rogers, a popular tobacco shop counter girl, is found brutally murdered in the shallows of the Hudson River. John Colt, scion of the firearm fortune, beats his publisher to death with a hatchet. And young Irish gang leader Tommy Coleman is accused of killing his daughter, wife, and her former lover. Charged with solving it all is High Constable Jacob Hays, whose investigation will span a decade, involving gang wars, grave robbers, and clues hidden in poems by the hopeless romantic and minstrel of the night, Edgar Allan Poe.Product Details
Price
$30.00
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
March 01, 2008
Pages
480
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.22 X 1.14 inches | 0.91 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393330618
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About the Author
Joel Rose is the author of Kill the Poor, Kill Kill Faster Faster, and New York Sawed in Half. He founded the literary magazine Between C&D and lives in New York City and on the Jersey shore.
Reviews
Part history, part mystery, and thoroughly entertaining.-- "Booklist"
Rose does a scrupulous and impressive job of mustering the pace and mood of the rapidly expanding city...Most satisfying.-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"
[Rose's] knowledge of nineteenth-century literature and history is monumental...Anyone who loves New York should read this novel.-- "Newsday"
A convincing portrait of the New York literary world of the day.-- "Publishers Weekly"
In The Blackest Bird Joel Rose has caught the wild spirit of Edgar Allan Poe's New York with terrific panache. It is a vivid picture of the city in the full flush of its rambunctious youth...A marvelous novel.--Patrick McGrath, author of Asylum
Rose does a scrupulous and impressive job of mustering the pace and mood of the rapidly expanding city...Most satisfying.-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"
[Rose's] knowledge of nineteenth-century literature and history is monumental...Anyone who loves New York should read this novel.-- "Newsday"
A convincing portrait of the New York literary world of the day.-- "Publishers Weekly"
In The Blackest Bird Joel Rose has caught the wild spirit of Edgar Allan Poe's New York with terrific panache. It is a vivid picture of the city in the full flush of its rambunctious youth...A marvelous novel.--Patrick McGrath, author of Asylum
