We were really interested in that post-9/11, Occupy Wall Street [era] in New York.
Obviously, the book culminates in the blackout of 77.
There was a massive blackout in 2003.
So creatively, that storyline lined up.
But also thematically, 1977 was a time when people werent sure that our city was going to survive.
Post-9/11 New York, people had the same concerns, the same fears.
When he finds Samantha in the snow, she had already been shot and was near death.
Mercer gets her to a hospital, where she spends the remainder of the book in a coma.
Meanwhile, Mercer also meets Billys estranged sister, Regan, whos trying to divorce her husband Keith.
I didnt want to know until the book knew, until the reader knows, he explained toInterviewin 2015.
I dont feel like I decided; I feel like the book decided.
This article was originally published onMay 12, 2023
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