![]() ![]() ![]() Both Corrigan and his brother, Ciaran, struggle to find meaning and purpose in their lives surrounded by nothing but tragedy and destitution after they leave their home in Ireland to venture to the United States. Corrigan is one of the first characters introduced in the novel and remains a pillar throughout, a character manifestation of the connection touchstone. You know? They’re all throbbing with fear. ‘They just don’t know what they are doing. “‘Ah, no, they’re good people,’ Corrigan said. That is the true touchstone of the novel and the hub around which each individual story unfolds. Do not mistake this centralizing event as being the focus of the novel, because the true focus of this novel is how people connect even through the most unthinkable of occurrences and situations. The novel centers on the infamous tightrope walk over 110 stories on the Twin Towers by Philippe Petit. ![]() Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, was published in 2009 by Random House one would never know that this novel was not published directly after the 9/11 tragedy, for the 1974 New York world that McCann creates, along with his characters, reflect so well the shift of mind that happened both in America and across the globe. ![]()
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