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I've only read a few authors who are able to do what McCann does, only a few writers who can create a novel that's like an amazing mix of a crossword puzzle and a jigsaw puzzle and a symphony. That's what McCann does here. He chooses beautiful words and intriguing story lines and powerful themes and whips these together. It's like magic.
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Beautiful writing & character development. I plan to read more McCann down the road.
This book is written in sections, connecting characters from Ireland to the United States and crosses more than 150 years, providing moments in the lives of people celebrated, forgotten or unknown. Fiction and nonfiction are blended together.
In the novel’s first part, we meet Arthur Brown, the World War I flier who, along with John Alcock, made the first transatlantic flight in 1919. The journey from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Vickers Vimy bomber is filled with adventure we then begin a new s ...more
In the novel’s first part, we meet Arthur Brown, the World War I flier who, along with John Alcock, made the first transatlantic flight in 1919. The journey from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Vickers Vimy bomber is filled with adventure we then begin a new s ...more
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