This Side of Brightness

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By the author of Let the Great World Spin, this critically acclaimed novel delves deep into the underbelly of New York

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At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers – black, white, Irish and Italian – dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. But above ground, the men keep their distance until a dramatic accident on a bitter winter’s day welds a bond between Walker and his fellow workers that will both bless and curse three generations.
Almost ninety years later, Treefrog stumbles on the same tunnels and sets about creating a home amongst the drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes and petty criminals that comprise the forgotten homeless community.

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Weight 0.208 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.7 cm
Book_author

McCann, Colum

Publisher

Bloomsbury

Imprint

Bloomsbury

Cover

Paperback

Pages

242

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.914 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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