| Title:
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THIS SIDE OF BRIGHTNESS
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| By: |
Colum McCann |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
140880591X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781408805916 |
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| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
19 July, 2010 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers - black, white, Irish and Italian - dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. |
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At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers - black, white, Irish and Italian - dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. But above ground, the men keep their distance until a dramatic accident on a bitter winter's day welds a bond between Walker and his fellow workers that will both bless and curse three generations. Almost ninety years later, Treefrog stumbles on the same tunnels and sets about creating a home amongst the drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes and petty criminals that comprise the forgotten homeless community. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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