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 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.
Now it appears they have at last met their end in a hail of bullets. Jason and Whit's lovers - Darcy, a wealthy socialite, and Veronica, a hardened survivor - struggle between grief and an unyielding belief that the Firesons have survived. While they and the Firesons' stunned mother and straight-arrow third son wade through conflicting police reports and press accounts, wild rumors spread that the bandits are still 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 outgunned - and a masterly tale of hardship, redemption, and love that transcends death.
Genre: Thriller
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 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.
Now it appears they have at last met their end in a hail of bullets. Jason and Whit's lovers - Darcy, a wealthy socialite, and Veronica, a hardened survivor - struggle between grief and an unyielding belief that the Firesons have survived. While they and the Firesons' stunned mother and straight-arrow third son wade through conflicting police reports and press accounts, wild rumors spread that the bandits are still 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 outgunned - and a masterly tale of hardship, redemption, and love that transcends death.
Genre: Thriller
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Hardback Editions
January 2010 : Hardback
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers: A Novel Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 1-4000-6753-7 / 978-1-4000-6753-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 0-00-734083-4 / 978-0-00-734083-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers: A Novel Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 0-8129-7929-X / 978-0-8129-7929-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 0-00-734082-6 / 978-0-00-734082-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
February 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 1-4001-1559-0 / 978-1-4001-1559-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 1-4001-4559-7 / 978-1-4001-4559-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 1-4001-6559-8 / 978-1-4001-6559-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
February 2011 : Unknown
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2011 : Unknown
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers: A Novel [Paperback] Author(s): Thomas Mullen Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 2010 : Unknown
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Thomas Mullen ISBN: 1-61657-871-8 / 9781616578718 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers Author(s): Thomas Mullen Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers: A Novel Author(s): Thomas Mullen Publisher: Random House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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