{"product_id":"9781037204289-this-side-of-brightness","title":"This Side of Brightness","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eApeirogon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eApeirogon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Vivid, potent, beautiful’ Maggie O’Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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 dark bowels of the riverbed, the workers – Black, white, Irish and Italian – dig together. Above ground, the men keep their distance from one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a dramatic accident on a bitter winter’s day welds a bond between Walker and his fellow workers, which will both bless and curse three generations. A love story of other times for these, our times, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Brightness\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of race, faith and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Riveting and devastating’ \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘McCann writes with unusual truthfulness about poverty, degradation and love’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e‘Brilliant … A dramatic memorial to the working-men who built the greatest of modern cities’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57327955214710,"sku":"9781037204289","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40185199_f8bc1dc4-f57e-40ea-80a2-739199eb6652.jpg?v=1772678414","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781037204289-this-side-of-brightness","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}