McCann, Colum

Whether he is describing the enigmatic Conway plumbing the ocean depths in this novel, Nureyev’s spectacular rise and fall in Dancer, or Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the twin towers in Let the Great World Spin, McCann places memorable characters in intriguing situations and spins beguiling tales around them.

Organized into 1,001 sections, this novel from McCann (Let the Great World Spin) beautifully re-creates Rami and Bassam’s real-life relationship while offering a sweeping range of counterbalancing narratives, ultimately conveying the profound essentiality of their friendship. An important book; McCann’s considerable creative powers astound. [See Prepub Alert, 7/21/19.]

Will appeal to aspiring and professional writers of fiction and nonfiction or readers interested in decoding the perceived mysteries of the creative process.

McCann's sixth novel (after Let the Great World Spin) is majestic and assures his status as one of the great prose stylists of contemporary fiction as he effortlessly weaves history and fiction into a tapestry depicting all of life's wonders, both ephemeral and foursquare.