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THE MANY DEATHS OF THE FIREFLY BROTHERS
By: Thomas Mullen
Random House
February 2010
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Featuring: Jason Fireson; Whit Fireson
403 pages
ISBN: 1400067537
EAN: 9781400067534
Hardcover
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In award-winning author Thomas Mullen's evocative new novel, we follow the Depression-era adventures of Jason and Whit Fireson--bank robbers known as the Firefly Brothers by the press, the authorities, and an adoring public that worships their acts as heroic counterpunches thrown at a broken system. Late one night in August 1934, following a yearlong spree of bank robberies across the Midwest, the Firefly Brothers are forced into a police shootout and die . . . for the first time. In award-winning author Thomas Mullen's evocative new novel, the highly anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed debut, The Last Town on Earth, we follow the Depression-era adventures of Jason and Whit Firesonβbank robbers known as the Firefly Brothers by the press, the authorities, and an adoring public that worships their acts as heroic counterpunches thrown at a broken system. Now it appears they have met their end in a hail of bullets. Jason and Whit's loversβDarcy, a wealthy socialite, and Veronica, a hardened survivorβstruggle between grief and an unyielding belief that the Firesons are still alive. While they and the Firesons' stunned mother and straight-arrow brother wade through conflicting police reports and press accounts, wild rumors spread that the bandits are at large. Through it all, the Firefly Brothers remain as charismatic, unflappable, and as mythical as the American Dream itself, racing to find the women they love and make sense of a world in which all has come unmoored. Complete with kidnappings and gangsters, heiresses and speakeasies, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers is an imaginative and spirited saga about what happens when you are hopelessly outgunnedβand a masterly tale of hardship, redemption, and love that transcends death.
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