Let the Great World Spin

Let the Great World Spin

by Colum Mc Cann (Author)

Synopsis

New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers, the man twirls through the air. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: Corrigan, a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a delicate Upper East Side housewife reeling from the death of her son; Lara, a drug-addled young artist; Gloria, solid and proud despite decades of hardship; Tillie, a hooker who used to dream of a better life; and, Jazzlyn, her beautiful daughter raised on promises that reach beyond the skyline of New York. In the shadow of one reckless and beautiful act, these disparate lives will collide, and be transformed for ever.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: Export and UK open market ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07 Dec 2009

ISBN 10: 1408808684
ISBN 13: 9781408808689
Book Overview: Let the Great World Spin has received exceptional review coverage in America, France, UK and Ireland, and was a New York Times bestseller For fans of The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen and Underworld by Don Delilo Colum McCann's previous novels, Dancer, Zoli and This Side of Brightness, have been international bestsellers. He has been published in 25 countries.

Media Reviews
'An astonishing balancing act by a great writer prepared to take risks. A book to treasure' Daily Mail 'A blockbuster, groundbreaking, heartbreaking, symphony of a novel ... No novelist writing of New York has climbed higher, dived deeper' Frank McCourt 'An exceptional performance by a writer whose originality and profound humanity is evident throughout this highly original and wondrous novel' Independent 'A wow of a novel - rich, humane, brilliantly written and as deep as it is wide' The Times
Author Bio
html { background: #F0D0F0; } body { font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } html:hover { background: #fcfcff; } .field_off { background: #F0D0F0; font-size: 10pt; } .field_on { background: #fcfcff; font-size: 10pt; } Colum McCann, originally from Dublin, Ireland, is the author of five novels and two collections of stories. He has won numerous international literary awards, including the inaugural Ireland Fund of Monaco Princess Grace Memorial Award. His film Everything in This Country Must was nominated for a short-film Oscar in 2005. Zoli, Dancer and This Side of Brightness were international bestsellers and his fiction has been published in twenty-seven languages. He lives in New York.