A visionary and poignant novel centred around former newspaperman Sam Cunningham as he prepares to die, ‘Late City’ covers much of the early twentieth century, unfurling as a conversation between the dying man and a surprising God. As the two review Sam’s life, from his childhood in the American South and his time in the French trenches during World War I to his fledgling newspaper career in Chicago in the Roaring Twenties and the decades that follow, snippets of history are brought sharply into focus.

Author Robert Olen Butler Published by No Exit Press ISBN 9780857304896 EAN 9780857304896 Bic Code Cover Paperback