John's review
This Side of Brightness: A Novel
by Colum McCann
John's review
This Side of Brightness: A Novel by Colum McCann
John's review
rating:
I read this novel in a Contemporary Irish Writers class. Colum McCann creates a frame narrative in which the story of the construction of the NYC subway tunnels beneath the East River--with all its danger, including an incredible disaster--is intercut with the story of a homeless man living in a long-abandoned tunnel nearly a century later. McCann is a master stylist, and his story matches his ability.
