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Reviews for City In Amber
"(Atkinson's) effort breathed life into a story lying dormant under the carcasses of empty and imposing mill buildings throughout the city."
Read the entire review at The Valley News
"Early reviews compare "Amber" to "Bonfire of the Vanities" for its ambitious undertaking of themes, conflicts and wide range of characters — and Atkinson's gritty realism to Ernest Hemingway's "muscular" style. Though true, both compliments fall far short of describing a work as biblical as it is historical and contemporary."
Read the entire review at The Newburyport News
Alabama Writers' Forum on City In Amber
"Atkinson, whose earlier books deal with rugby, ice hockey, and a big-city detective, has been called 'the bard of New England toughness.' His latest volume applies that toughness to a sweeping historical epic."
Read more at the Alabama Writers' Forum website
City In Amber, Jay Atkinson's Newest Novel
Set in the planned industrial city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, City In Amber moves from the city's construction and founding before the American Civil War to he sporadic conflagrations that plagued Lawrence in the 1990s
"Muscular and multi-layered, Jay Atkinson's prose in City In Amber doesn't merely tell the story of a place literally going up in flames. It evokes a full range of human emotion, splendidly weaving a wistful story of urban decay, human resilience and the relentless forces of change."
- Wayne Coffey, author of The NY Times bestseller, The Boys Of Winter
"The author's sweeping exploration of a single city has much in common with Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities," yet Atkinson also digs deeply through decades, seeking to expose the very roots of Lawrence. None of this should work - "City in Amber" should crumble beneath the weight of Atkinson's ambition - but the novel feels as light and lucid as air."
-The Boston Globe, Chuck Leddy