The Glass Inferno Author:Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson The snow that began falling on Thanksgiving Eve added an extra magic to the spectacular new sixty-six-story high rise known as the Glass House. It dominated the city skyline: the latest triumph of modern architecture and engineering. But unnoticed, deep within it, a tiny spark grew until it became an inferno that changed the lives of the hundred... more »s who worked or lived in the building - as well as the architect who designed it, the contractors who built it, the newsman who first warned of its dangers, and the firemen compelled to risk their lives because of another's man's greed and misjudgment.
A gripping story of fire in a modern high rise, The Glass Inferno is an unforgettable novel of men and women caught in crisis, their heroism and cowardice, their unforgivable weaknesses and surprising strengths. As much fact as fiction, this is the revealing account of a holocaust that no fire department anywhere is equipped to fight. A novel, as uncomfortably close to the city cliff dweller as tomorrow's headlines, gives us a frightening insight into the new skyscrapers that march across the urban and suburban skyline - the towering apartment houses and business complexes that experts have dubbed "fire traps in the sky."« less
Riveting read about a devastating high rise building fire and what numerous well delineated characters endure. Was a New York Times Best Seller for a long time.