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The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers - Thomas Mullen
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers
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Late one night in August 1934, following a yearlong spree of bank robberies across the Midwest, the Firefly Brothers are forced into a police shootout and die . . . for the first time. In award-winning author Thomas Mullen’s evocative new novel, the highly anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed... show more
Late one night in August 1934, following a yearlong spree of bank robberies across the Midwest, the Firefly Brothers are forced into a police shootout and die . . . for the first time. In award-winning author Thomas Mullen’s evocative new novel, the highly anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed debut, The Last Town on Earth, we follow the Depression-era adventures of Jason and Whit Fireson—bank robbers known as the Firefly Brothers by the press, the authorities, and an adoring public that worships their acts as heroic counterpunches thrown at a broken system.Now it appears they have at last met their end in a hail of bullets. Jason and Whit’s lovers—Darcy, a wealthy socialite, and Veronica, a hardened survivor—struggle between grief and an unyielding belief that the Firesons have survived. While they and the Firesons’ stunned mother and straight-arrow third son wade through conflicting police reports and press accounts, wild rumors spread that the bandits are still at large. Through it all, the Firefly Brothers remain as charismatic, unflappable, and as mythical as the American Dream itself, racing to find the women they love and make sense of a world in which all has come unmoored. Complete with kidnappings and gangsters, heiresses and speakeasies, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers is an imaginative and spirited saga about what happens when you are hopelessly outgunned—and a masterly tale of hardship, redemption, and love that transcends death.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781400067534 (1400067537)
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
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Jason and Whit Fireson—bank robbers known as the Firefly Brothers by an adoring public that worships their acts as heroic counterpunches thrown at a broken system. Late one night in August 1934, following a yearlong crime spree across the Midwest, the Firefly Brothers are forced into a police shooto...
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Another fine mess
Another fine mess rated it
2.0
Great conceit, rife with potential for narrative drive and sociopolitical subtext. Why didn't it really fly for me, then? The prose seemed overstuffed yet unacrobatic; the characters' (and narrative) wit seemed a little forced.... and so on. By no means a bad novel, yet its gears never meshed, ne...
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The Drift Of Things rated it
2.0
Bummer...I gave this one nearly 100 pages, and I've decided to let it go. I really wanted to give it a chance because the story idea had promise, but I shouldn't have to try so hard to like a book. It's not terrible, and I wouldn't discourage others from trying it. It just skips around so much th...
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