01548cam a2200217 4500 553027590 TxAuBib 20140625120000.0 140226s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780345545930 0345545931 (OCoLC)871043093 WIM eng WIM OCLCA TxAuBib Koontz, Dean R, 1945-, (Dean Ray.) The city : a novel / Dean Koontz. New York : Bantam Books, 2014. 398p ; 24cm. "A rich, multi-layered story that moves back and forth across decades and generations as a gifted musician relates the "terrible and wonderful" events that began in his city in 1967, when he was ten. There are millions of stories in the city--some magical, some tragic, others terror-filled or triumphant. Jonah Kirk's story is all of those things as he draws readers into his life in the city as a young boy, introducing his indomitable grandfather, also a "piano man"; his single mother, a struggling singer; and the heroes, villains, and everyday saints and sinners who make up the fabric of the metropolis in which they live--and who will change the course of Jonah's life forever. Welcome to The City, a place of evergreen dreams where enchantment and malice entwine, where courage and honor are found in the most unexpected corners and the way forward lies buried deep inside the heart." -- Publisher's website. 20140625. Musicians Fiction.