Description

The brilliant debut novel from the bestselling author of City of Thieves and the co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, about a white-collar drug dealer's last night out in New York City before going to jail

Adapted as a feature film by Spike Lee starring Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman

“Novels like The 25th Hour don't fall out of trees every day. The tone is dark and intense; its elegant style is cut on the raw side; and the characters come from places we've all been.” —The New York Times

All Monty Brogan ever really wanted when he grew up was to be a fireman. Now he's about to start a seven-year stretch in the federal penitentiary for drug dealing. With just twenty-four hours of freedom to go, he prowls the city with his girlfriend and his two best friends from high school—a high-flying bond trader and an idealistic teacher. As the minutes count down, Monty seizes one last chance to stack the odds in his favor.

Hurtling from the money pits of Wall Street to Manhattan's downtown lounge and club scene, from the enclaves of the Russian mob to the old immigrant neighborhoods, The 25th Hour evokes the pulsing rhythms and diamond-hard edges of a city in the raw, illusory hours between midnight and dawn. A taut and mesmerizing tale of an urban purgatory suspended between the crime and the punishment, The 25th Hour is a major player in contemporary noir fiction.

About the Author

David Benioff worked as a nightclub bouncer in San Francisco, a radio DJ in Wyoming and an English teacher/wrestling coach in Brooklyn before selling his first novel,The 25th Hour, in 2000.He later wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee’s adaptation of25th Hourstarring Edward Norton and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. In 2005, Viking Press published Benioff’s collection of short stories,When the Nines Roll Over.Benioff’s screenwriting credits includeTroy(2004), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, andStay(2005), directed by Marc Forster,The Kite Runner(2007). Jim Sheridan produced Benioff’s screenplayBrothers, and Hugh Jackman reprised his role as the clawed mutant in Benioff’sWolverine. He is also screenwriter and executive producer ofGame of Thrones, HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin'sA Song of Ice and Fireseries of novels.Viking published his most recent novel,City of Thieves, in May 2008.Benioff is married to actress Amanda Peet; the couple has three children.