![]() ![]() Having said that, it was important to me that “City of Dreams,” like “City on Fire,” could be read as a stand-alone crime novel, without reference to the classics at all. I was really fascinated to learn what happened to the characters after the Trojan War ended - so many of their stories read like noir fiction. Together, they’re a modern retelling of the “Iliad.” If book one was inspired by the cause and beginning of the Trojan War, what are the classic story parallels we will see in “City of Dreams”?Ī: Well, Danny Ryan’s story arc follows Virgil’s “Aeneid,” while we track other characters through the “Odyssey” and Greek tragic dramas. Q: You wrote all three novels in the trilogy before “City on Fire” was released last year. ![]() King - both as a writer and a person - that to hear that kind of praise from him is truly humbling. What was that like to see his unsolicited post online last year?Ī: Oh, man. Q: I saw on Twitter that Stephen King, your early literary hero, called “City on Fire” a “crime classic” and your best book yet. ![]()
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