Let the Great World Spin- Colum McCann
I realized half-way through this lovely National Book Award winner that I don’t read much adult fiction these days that doesn’t have some fantastical element in it. I kept waiting for some character to really be a dream child made real or something like what Jonathan Carroll or Jonathan Lethem do so well. New York City in the 70’s is captured from these interconnecting narratives with love and compassion. Richly developed characters that linger on in the conversation with the living. Great storytelling to celebrate the written word.
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