Make Me a City - A Novel

On marshy ground between Lake Michigan and the Illinois River a city is born. We meet the unacknowledged founder; witness the dispersal of Native Americans; hear stories of the entrepreneurs and track the lives of immigrants as they struggle for acceptance. Chicago, its inhabitants and its history are brought to life in this epic tale.

About the author

In between periods spent living in the UK, Kenya, Gambia, Greece, and Louisiana, USA, Jonathan Carr first visited Chicago in 1983. A graduate of Cambridge University, he has worked as a travel correspondent, a book reviewer, and a teacher of English. He holds a PhD from Bath Spa University in Creative Writing. Make Me A City is his first novel.

Summary

A Times Book of the Month for readers of Golden Hill and Cloud Atlas.

It is 1800, and the future of Chicago hangs in the balance, to be decided on the outcome of a game of chess. Win or lose, the result will reverberate through the next 100 years of history, and the players’ lives, the lives of their descendants, and the city itself will never be the same again …

Additional text

‘An unusually ambitious novel.’

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Carr, Carr Jonathan
• Publisher: Faber Factory Plus GBS
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2020
• EAN: 9781912854882
• ISBN: 978-1-912854-88-2
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Sagas, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Illinois, North America, FICTION / Native American & Aboriginal, FICTION / African American / General, Modern & contemporary fiction, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Generational sagas, North America (USA & Canada)