{"product_id":"this-side-of-brightness-9780312421977","title":"This Side of Brightness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSongdogs\u003c\/i\u003e, a magnificent work of imagination and history set in the tunnels of New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early years of the century, Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City and the most dangerous job in America. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Above ground, the sandhogs--black, white, Irish, Italian--keep their distance from each other until a spectacular accident welds a bond between Walker and his fellow diggers--a bond that will bless and curse the next three generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, Treefrog, a homeless man driven below by a shameful secret, endures a punishing winter in his subway nest. In tones ranging from bleak to disturbingly funny, Treefrog recounts his strategies of survival--killing rats, scavenging for discarded soda cans, washing in the snow. Between Nathan Walker and Treefrog stretch seventy years of ill-fated loves and unintended crimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a triumph of plotting, the two stories fuse to form a tale of family, race, and redemption that is as bold and fabulous as New York City itself. In \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Brightness\u003c\/i\u003e, Colum McCann confirms his place in the front ranks of modern writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColum McCann\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of books including \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Brightness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoli\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSongdogs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, and was named the first winner of the Grace Kelly Memorial Foundation Award and the Princess Grace Memorial Literary Award. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460120056082,"sku":"9780312421977","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b0838d7-cb4b-4fb4-b0e7-c5abb65be4a6.jpg?v=1730028611","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-side-of-brightness-9780312421977","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}