ISBN: 0452282950 9780452282957

Category: Fiction / Literary

Page count: 224

<b>The brilliant debut novel from the bestselling author of <i>City of Thieves </i>and the <b>co-creator of t<b>he HBO series <i>Game of Thrones</i>, about a white-collar drug dealer's last night out in New York City before going to jail<br><br>Adapted as a feature film by Spike Lee starring Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman</b></b></b><br><br><b>“Novels like <i>The 25th Hour</i> don't fall out of trees every day. The tone is dark and intense; its elegant style is cut on the raw side; and the characters come from places we've all been.”</b> —<i><b>The New York Times<br><br></b></i><p>All Monty Brogan ever really wanted when he grew up was to be a fireman. Now he's about to start a seven-year stretch in the federal penitentiary for drug dealing. With just twenty-four hours of freedom to go, he prowls the city with his girlfriend and his two best friends from high school—a high-flying bond trader and an idealistic teacher. As the minutes count down, Monty seizes one last chance to stack the odds in his favor. <br><br>Hurtling from the money pits of Wall Street to Manhattan's downtown lounge and club scene, from the enclaves of the Russian mob to the old immigrant neighborhoods, <i>The 25th Hour</i> evokes the pulsing rhythms and diamond-hard edges of a city in the raw, illusory hours between midnight and dawn. A taut and mesmerizing tale of an urban purgatory suspended between the crime and the punishment, <i>The 25th Hour</i> is a major player in contemporary noir fiction.</p>