New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2003.) dj. Hardcover - The 'great fire' of the title is World War II, which swept Europe and Asia - in the aftermath, Leith, a war hero, is sent to occupied Japan to record the effects of the bomb at Hiroshima. Dustjacket praise from Michael Cunningham (who calls Hazzard 'purely and simply, one of the greatest writers working in English today') and Ann Patchett (who says it is 'brilliant and dazzling... worth a twenty year wait.') Winner of the 2003 National Book Award. ISBN: 0-374-166447.