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Let the Great World Spin: A Novel |  | Author: Colum McCann
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
List Price: $15.00
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition/1st Printing
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0812973992
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780812973990
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Earnest, Powerful, Uneven July 24, 2010
Paul Cuneo (United States)
A novel of interlocking stories set in New York of the 1970s. Interweaving characters in this way (prostitutes, priests, a judge's wife, computer hackers) runs the risk of becoming ridiculous - it always feels false when someone attempts to create meaning out of piles of coincidences - but McCann largely succeeds. Most of the discrete sections feel complete, and the persistent reappearance of certain characters does not feel forced. This is a book that expands. It conveys the enormity of the world, while treasuring the human process of carving it into stories.
Some sections are stronger than others. In part this may be because McCann's writing style is surprisingly static from narrator to narrator, despite some curious cosmetic changes (sometimes speech is marked with quotation marks; sometimes not). He loves clipped, fragmentary, elusive sentences. He inhabits his characters without attempting to become them. Some come out more clearly than others. At worst, he can seem unconvincing and flat.
But the novel's momentum will carry the reader by its rough spots. Finishing it over the course of a day left me genuinely uplifted and touched. It is a sincere book that tries to speak to the world as it is. For McCann the possibility of beauty is an everyday thing, something to be earned through living, and the past is a curse that can recede. "Time doesn't cure everything, but it cures a lot."
 Interesting concept for a book July 23, 2010
Michelle Gricus (Twin Cities, MN)
This book was a bit slow to start, but picked up momentum as it went on. We had a good discussion about it in book club, to say the least. It arrived on time and was in good condition.
the most amazing book I've read in a very long time! July 21, 2010
monkichichan
This book got interesting characters in the 70's new york setting with awesome plot building that tied the stories together. You just can't put this book down until you finish it!
gripping story about events at the twin Towers, New York City. July 14, 2010
Yvonne Nathanson (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Yes, it's a good choice for an interesting and philosophical story about happenings at the Twin Towers and about interplay of people from Park Avenue to the bowels of the city. Life continues , people struggle with what life throws their way and tragedy happens along with the everyday happenings of the daring and everyday life choices. A good read that seems to start out slow but soon grabs your attention.
 An Irish Gush July 13, 2010
G. G. Schroeder (Issaquah, WA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Bridge at San Luis Rey meets Ulysses. Irish angst designed to twist your guts, but for me the slog was not worth it. Too many words...wow!, way too many. The message is worth the telling, the author has talent, but he needs a good sharp razor.
gils
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