{"product_id":"the-metropolis-case-isbn-9780307463432","title":"The Metropolis Case","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the smoky music halls of 1860s Paris to the tumbling skyscrapers of twenty-first-century New York, a sweeping tale of passion, music, and the human heart’s yearning for connection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn unlikely quartet is bound together across centuries and continents  by the strange and spectacular history of Richard Wagner’s masterpiece  opera \u003ci\u003eTristan and Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin is a forty-year-old lawyer who, despite his success, feels disoriented and disconnected from his life in post-9\/11 Manhattan. But even as he comes to terms with the missteps of his past, he questions whether his life will feel more genuine going forward.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDecades earlier, in the New York of the 1960s, Anna is destined to be a grande dame of the international stage. As she steps into the spotlight, however, she realizes that the harsh glare of fame may be more than she bargained for.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMaria is a tall, awkward, ostracized teenager desperate to break free from the doldrums of 1970s Pittsburgh. When the operatic power of her extraordinary voice leads Maria to Juilliard, New York seems to hold possibilities that are both exhilarating and uncertain.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLucien is a young Parisian at the birth of the modern era, racing through the streets of Europe in an exuberant bid to become a singer for the ages. When tragedy leads him to a magical discovery, Lucien embarks on a journey that will help him—and Martin, Maria, and Anna—learn that it’s not how many breaths you take, it’s what you do with those you’re given.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGrandly operatic in scale, their story is one of music and magic, love and death, betrayal and fate. Matthew Gallaway’s riveting debut will have readers spellbound from the opening page to its breathtaking conclusion.\"Author Matthew Gallaway has taken a great risk with his first novel by creating an intricate, multilayered tale that slides from past to present, from Europe to New York, from opera to pop. But despite the complexity, \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolis Case\u003c\/i\u003e engages the reader emotionally on every page.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s to the credit of Matthew Gallaway’s enchanting, often funny first novel that it doesn’t require a corresponding degree of obsession from readers, but may leave them similarly transported: the book is so well written — there’s hardly a lazy sentence here — and filled with such memorable lead and supporting players that it quickly absorbs you into its worlds.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"An absorbing and intricately plotted first novel. Gallaway excels at the long form, producing a dense, well-structured puzzle. Like the opera that ultimately binds his characters together, CASE lingers beyond the final note.\"--\u003ci\u003eOut Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (Critic's Pick)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Matthew Gallaway's epic debut novel, intimately intertwined with Wagner's \"Tristan and isolde,\" is itself an operatic masterpiece. Gallaway's wonderful prose leaves you hungry for more.\"--\u003ci\u003eAM New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gallaway is a perceptive and graceful author in his own right whose moving story will appeal to Wagnerian experts and neophytes alike.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gallaway’s novel, is not just an intricate, complex, and multilayered novel, but also a rewarding read, that leaves the audience looking forward to Gallaway’s next work.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Manhattan Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mr. Gallaway writes epically, with multiple points of view, multiple stories. Historical and profound, he handles everything beautifully. He is a rich storyteller, and an evocative writer; the complexity of his characters, the rich scenes and the lyrical prose all make it hard to believe that this is his first novel.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003c\/i\u003eA cerebral novel\u003ci\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eMatthew Gallaway’s \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolis Case\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, heady, intelligent and engaging first novel about the healing powers of art…it solidifies into a page turner, and better still, delivers on a wide range of concerns that go far beyond the musical interests that center the book’s narrative.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eLambda Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As ambitious a debut as they come, this sweeping first novel travels across not \u003cbr\u003eonly continents but centuries as well.”—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Even for a reader unacquainted with opera, \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolis Case\u003c\/i\u003e enthralls. \u003cbr\u003eTheatrical history, training at Julliard, opening night at the Metropolitan—this is an engaging and unusual subject matter. \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolis Case \u003c\/i\u003eis an intriguing debut from a fresh, unique voice.”—\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gallaway, a former musician, gives music a literary presence, intertwining opera and punk by illuminating their shared passion and chaos.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A pleasingly intricate puzzle.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Matthew Gallaway's fascinating and erudite debut novel is a portrait of the passion of several singers across the ages for a single opera, and turns into its own kind of novelistic chorus. Like \u003ci\u003eTristan und Isolde,\u003c\/i\u003e the opera at its center, it is complete with wrong love, sacrifice and even a potion. An original new talent has arrived.\"-- \u003cbr\u003eAlexander Chee, author of \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I know next to nothing about opera and I \u003ci\u003eloved\u003c\/i\u003e this book. Let me go further: I actually (don't tell anyone) find opera a bit dull, but now consider me a big buff -- if no other reason than it gave us this powerful, beautiful, wondrous novel.\"--Darin Strauss, author of \u003ci\u003eChang and Eng\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Matthew Gallaway possesses a massive vision and a wizard-like ability to weave story lines. \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolis Case\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious and beautiful book sure to find a devoted following.\"--Shane Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eLight Boxes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Metropolis Case\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrifically engaging and elegantly panoramic novel that is sure to appeal to fans of majestic fiction such as Kostova's \u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Katharine Weber, author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Confections\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTriangle\u003c\/i\u003eMATTHEW GALLAWAY\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a first-time novelist originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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