This Side of Brightness : From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin

From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin`Vivid, potent, beautiful' Maggie O'FarrellAt 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. But 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, This Side of Brightness is an unforgettable story of race, faith and family. `Riveting and devastating' Observer`McCann writes with unusual truthfulness about poverty, degradation and love' Daily Telegraph `Brilliant . A dramatic memorial to the working-men who built the greatest of modern cities' Financial Times