Record Number |
598556 |
ISBN |
9781408800492 (pbk.) |
9781408801185 (pbk.) |
Author |
McCann, Colum, 1965- |
Title |
Let the great world spin / Colum McCann. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Bloomsbury, 2009. |
Pagination etc. |
349 p. ; 24 cm. |
Summary Note |
Set in New York against a time of sweeping political change, the story begins with the amazing Twin towers high-wire walk by Philipe Petit in August 1974, an audacious event that will intricately bind the lives of eight desperate people. |
Subject - Name |
Petit, Philippe, -- 1949-Fiction |
Subject |
Immigrants -- Fiction |
Irish -- New York (State)New York -- Fiction |
Judges' spouses -- Fiction |
Grief -- Fiction |
Teenage mothers -- Fiction |
Tightrope walking -- Fiction |
Nineteen seventies -- Fiction |
Psychological fiction |
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction |
Shelf Location |
F MACC |