{"product_id":"twist-the-irish-times-top-5-bestseller-from-the-winner-of-the-national-book-award-9781526656964","title":"Twist: The Irish Times top 5 bestseller from the winner of the National Book Award","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction – from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**The instant \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e top 5 bestseller**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Urgent and utterly compelling’ KEVIN BARRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eTwist \u003c\/i\u003elingers long after you've put it down' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A Gatsby tale for the internet age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ ANNA FUNDER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of our greatest storytellers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ ELIF SHAFAK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Masterful ... A surprising, electric book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Fennell, a journalist, is in pursuit of a story buried at the bottom of the sea: the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world’s information across the ocean floor - and what happens when they break. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo he has travelled to Cape Town to board the \u003ci\u003eGeorge Lecointe\u003c\/i\u003e, a cable repair vessel captained by Chief of Mission John Conway. Conway is a talented engineer and fearless freediver - and Fennell is quickly captivated by this mysterious, unnerving man and his beautiful partner, Zanele. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the boat embarks along the west coast of Africa, Fennell learns the rhythms of life at sea. But as the mission falters, tensions simmer - and Conway is thrown into crisis by a terrible, violent tragedy unfolding in the life he has left behind on land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Conway disappears; and Fennell must set out to find him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs taut and propulsive as a thriller, and a timeless exploration of narrative and truth, \u003ci\u003eTwist \u003c\/i\u003eis the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781526656964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.6(L)x2(W)180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 180\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eColum McCann’s seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world’s most prestigious literary awards and honours, including the National Book Award for his novel\u003ci\u003e Let the Great World Spin \u003c\/i\u003ein 2009. His novel\u003ci\u003e TransAtlantic \u003c\/i\u003ewas longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/i\u003e, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international bestseller on four continents. colummccann.com\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eMcCann’s close-focus descriptive prose – taut, compressed, image-rich – flashes like sunken treasure … Few novelists pay such close, visionary, heed to the “true stories of our times” * FINANCIAL TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eMcCann gives his tale the sense of a held breath … Part thriller, part existential mediation on self * NEW STATESMAN *\u003cbr\u003eMcCann may follow Coppola upriver and Conrad to the heart of darkness but the concerns of his novel are contemporary and urgent and utterly compelling. This is an ambitious novel, note perfect, wild but controlled, with its deft apparatus mapping our most mysterious 21st century malaise – the great loneliness of the connected world -- KEVIN BARRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of wonder at the scale and beauty of the natural world – and full of anger at humanity’s capacity to wreck it …  There are passages of extraordinary vividness, evoked with a power that seems to persuade you that you’re either a participant or a witness ... Builds to a bravura climactic escapade ... I loved the thoughtful, essayistic inquiries into nature and the environment, and the consciousness-raising voyage towards the broken cable … Like \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwist\u003c\/i\u003e lingers after you’ve put it down\u003c\/p\u003e * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eAn exhilarating adventure reminiscent of Joseph Conrad, with just a hint of Graham Greene\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * MAIL ON SUNDAY *\u003cbr\u003eMasterful, a surprising, electric book ... A wired up story of what it means to be bend yourself into new shapes, and be broken * IRISH TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eDazzling ... a plot that uncoils with page-turning urgency ... McCann’s prose has a power and lyrical propulsion that can be quite dazzling … an unexpected denouement that uncoils with page-turning urgency * ESQUIRE *\u003cbr\u003eNot unlike a thriller … There’s still the same relish of language, character and empathy that’s twice  seen McCann make the Booker Prize longlist * RADIO TIMES, Book of the month *\u003cbr\u003eA Graham Greene-ish thriller … Dark, moving and very entertaining -- Alex Preston * OBSERVER, Fiction to look out for in 2025 *\u003cbr\u003eA thrilling tale of a man all at sea * FINANCIAL TIMES, What to read in 2025 *\u003cbr\u003eAn expert storyteller ... An utterly modern novel * THE GLOSS *\u003cbr\u003eMcCann explores the mystery of what it is to be human, and what holds us all together.  For this he has picked the ultimate metaphor - the way our connections and the mass of information vital to our lives thrums through glass fibres smaller than a hair deep under the ocean. The cables, both vulnerable and essential, reflect the strength and fragility of our bonds, and of our selves. This is a Gatsby story for the information age. In the end no amount of information, and possibly not love either, can solve the essential mystery of another person -- ANNA FUNDER\u003cbr\u003eMasterfully woven and delicately layered, and told with such calm wisdom that it will take your breath away. Engrossing, deeply moving and consistently honest, Colum McCann is one of our greatest storytellers -- ELIF SHAFAK\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written ... An immense talent ... Possessed of enough heart and empathy to make most writers pale into McCann's formidable shadow * BUSINESS POST *\u003cbr\u003eElectrifying, propulsive ... a masterful exploration of the elemental forces at work just below the surface of all our lives -- COLIN WALSH\u003cbr\u003eWith echoes of Conrad’s \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eTwist\u003c\/i\u003e by Colum McCann, his follow-up to the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/i\u003e, follows two Irishmen off Africa as vital underwater cables are repaired, and sabotaged * IRISH TIMES, Fiction to look out for in 2025 *\u003cbr\u003eColum McCann gives us a powerfully realist novel of men at sea, literally, emotionally, and metaphorically. It speaks of the brokenness of our time, the successful and unsuccessful attempts at repairs, and the vulnerability of our world. The spirit of Joseph Conrad hovers over the text, but here the heart of darkness lies at the bottom of the ocean -- SALMAN RUSHDIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Colum McCann: \u003c\/b\u003eMcCann writes with an amazing abundance of humanity -- ELIZABETH STROUT\u003cbr\u003eMcCann is an empathy engine * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eA giant amongst us - fearless, huge-hearted, a poet with every living breathe -- PETER CAREY\u003cbr\u003eAn audacious and wonderfully skilled writer -- JOSEPH O'CONNOR\u003cbr\u003eA great writer prepared to take risks * DAILY MAIL *\u003cbr\u003eColum McCann is a very gifted, charming writer; in full, rhapsodic-onrush mode, he is hard to resist * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eMcCann writes with a ferocious eloquence and a masterly sense of narrative * SPECTATOR *\u003cbr\u003eSimply stunning … Part thriller and part exploration of narrative and truth. (There are deliberate echoes of Joseph Conrad’s \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e)  … The 21st-century human seems a very broken thing in Twist. And McCann’s novel, penned by a brilliant storyteller at the height of his powers, has a disconcerting ability to help you simultaneously find and lose your bearings * independent.co.uk *\u003cbr\u003eFilm noir meets \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby \u003c\/i\u003ein McCann's deep dive of a novel ... An immersive read destined to win prizes ... * IRISH INDEPENDENT *","brand":"Colum McCann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47827916095705,"sku":"9781526656964","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781526656964.jpg?v=1771422728","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/twist-the-irish-times-top-5-bestseller-from-the-winner-of-the-national-book-award-9781526656964","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}