Episode 194: Diverse Voices Book Review- CITY ON FIRE, Don Winslow’s Epic Mob Novel
CITY ON FIRE is the first of a planned trilogy on an Irish and Italian mob families based in Rhode Island. In our interview Winslow discussed how his novel is based in part on an epic poem by Roman poet Virgil, The Aeneid, written sometime between 30 and 19 BC. CITY ON FIRE’S protagonist, Danny Ryan, is based on the protagonist of the Aeneid, Aeneas. More information on Don Winslow is available on his web site https://www.donwinslow.com/books.
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