Let the Great World Spin by Colum Mccann

Let the Great World Spin by Colum Mccann

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Let the Great World Spin by Colum Mccann

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Winner of the Dublin Impac International Prize
Winner of Best Foreign Novel Award Weshanhu Award
Winner of the Grinzane Award
Winner of the Prix Deauville
Winner of the Ambassador Book Award
Winner of the Medici Book Club Prize
Winner of the Aspen Literary Prize

‘A wow of a novel – rich, humane, brilliantly written and as deep as it is wide’ The Times

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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.

‘A glorious, thumping tale of intersecting lives, told in a language that all but sings’ Kamila Shamsie

‘One of the most electric, profound novels I have read in years ... an emotional tour de force’ New York Times

‘McCann has reinvented the city of New York in all its breathing, fighting, whining, joyous clamour’ Peter Carey, Observer

Colum McCann’s seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world’s most prestigious literary awards and honours, including the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin in 2009. His novel TransAtlantic was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent novel, Apeirogon, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international bestseller on four continents. colummccann.com
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ISBN 13 9781037204272
ISBN 10 1037204271
Title Let the Great World Spin
Author Colum Mccann
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2026-04-23
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.