The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Mystery_Gift_Guide from its fascinating origins and

from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the twentieth century and today

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An audacious debut from "a dazzlingly smart and strikingly original writer" (Molly Antopol)

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The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Mystery_Gift_Guide from its fascinating origins andNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * A sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city forever and anticipated the forces that would soon divide the nation from the bestselling author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning "A rip roaring, sweeping, essential work of history . . . a deeply reported and brilliantly observed account of how the modern city was born and why all of us continue to live with