Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ambitious and brave, McCann links the Vietnam "Police Action" and the Afghanistan "Conflict" though a well known series of juxtaposed and disparate images: Philip Petit walking between the Twin Towers serves as a seam in the narrative, joining the central characters together, despite the inevitable destruction of those same buildings. The role of prostitution and priesthood seems disparate and parallel, while the vague reasons behind the Vietnam Conflict seem contradictory as compared to the immediate and unilateral response to the actions of September 11th.
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