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McCann, Colum, 1965-

Let the great world spin : a novel / Colum McCann. - Random House trade pbk. ed. - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010, c2009. - 375 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Booklist starred, May 2009 Publisher's Weekly, March 2009 New York Times, August 2009 Booklist starred Publisher's Weekly New York Times

Philippe Petit's illicit 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers is the touchstone for stories of the people down below, including an Irish monk living in the Bronx projects, a Park Avenue mother in mourning for her son who died in Vietnam, and a heroin-addicted hooker.

Adult Follett Library Resources Adult

ISBN: 9780812973990 (pbk.) 9780329765156 (Follett bdg.) 0812973992 0329765159

Subjects--Personal Names:
Petit, Philippe, 1949- --Fiction.
Petit, Philippe, 1949- --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immigrants--Fiction.
Irish--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Judges' spouses--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Teenage mothers--Fiction.
Tightrope walking--Fiction.
Nineteen seventies--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Irish--Fiction.
Judges--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Teenage mothers--Fiction.
Tightrope walking--Fiction.
Nineteen seventies--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Psychological fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR6063.C335 / L47 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.914 [Fic]