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Colum McCann

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January 01, 1965 in Ireland

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Colum McCann is the author of two collections of short stories and four novels, including "This Side of Brightness,""Dancer" and “Zoli,” all of which were international best-sellers. His newest novel “Let the Great World Spin” will come out in 2009. His fiction has been published in 26 languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Paris Review and other places. He has written for numerous publications including The Irish Times, Die Zeit, La Republicca, Paris Match, The New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent.

In 2003 Colum was named Esquire magazine's "Writer of the Year." Other awards and honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Rooney Prize, the Irish Independent Hughes and Hughes/Sunday Independent Novel of...more


Hello to Readers ...
I'm gearing up for the launch of "Let the Great World Spin" (coming from Random House, June 23) and invite you all to visit my website colummccann.com where I'm going to be posting tour dates and so on.
Quite honestly, I'm nervous and charged at the same time.
I'll spend most of July in the U.S, then in France in August, Ireland and England in early September, France again a... read more »
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Average rating: 3.88 · 30,580 ratings · 5,359 reviews · 21 distinct works
Let the Great World Spin
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 27,417 ratings — published 2009 — 39 editions
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Zoli
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 913 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions
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Dancer
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 892 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions
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This Side of Brightness
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions
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Everything in This Country ...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions
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Songdogs
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions
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Fishing the Sloe-Black River
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
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Hungerstreik
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Tancerz
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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date: March 15, 2009 01:00PM
location: Puck Fair, Lafayette Street, New York, The United States
description: A literary brunch. Irish and American writers reading from their favourite Irish writers (dead and alive!) for Saint Patrick's Day.

$15 but a full brunch and drink is included.

Previous years readers include Frank McCourt, Richard Price, Thomas Kelly, Gerard Donovan

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“Some people think love is the end of the road, and if you're lucky enough to find it, you stay there. Other people say it just becomes a cliff you drive off, but most people who've been around awhile know it's just a thing that changes day by day, and depending on how much you fight for it, you get it, or you hold on to it, or you lose it, but sometimes it's never even there in the first place.”
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“The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.”
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“The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.”
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The Book Addicts!: National Book Award 2009 6 106 Nov 23, 2009 02:30pm  
Between the Lines: April 2010 - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 5 53 May 09, 2010 12:46pm  
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