Twist
A Novel
Colum McCann
- INTERNATIONAL
- BESTSELLER
- •
- An
- “urgent
- [and]
- ingenious”
- (The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- Review)
- novel
- of
- rupture
- and
- repair
- in
- the
- digital
- age,
- delving
- into
- a
- hidden
- world
- deep
- under
- the
- ocean—from
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Apeirogon
- and
- Let
- the
- Great
- World
- Spin“The
- spirit
- of
- Joseph
- Conrad
- hovers
- over
- the
- text,
- but
- here
- the
- heart
- of
- darkness
- lies
- at
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- ocean.”—Salman
- Rushdie“Everything
- gets
- fixed,
- and
- we
- all
- stay
- broken.”Anthony
- Fennell,
- an
- Irish
- journalist
- and
- playwright,
- is
- assigned
- to
- cover
- the
- underwater
- cables
- that
- carry
- the
- world’s
- information.
- The
- sum
- of
- human
- existence—words,
- images,
- transactions,
- memes,
- voices,
- viruses—travels
- through
- the
- tiny
- fiber-optic
- tubes.
- But
- sometimes
- the
- tubes
- break,
- at
- an
- unfathomable
- depth.Fennell’s
- journey
- brings
- him
- to
- the
- west
- coast
- of
- Africa,
- where
- he
- uncovers
- a
- story
- about
- the
- raw
- human
- labor
- behind
- the
- dazzling
- veneer
- of
- the
- technological
- world.
- He
- meets
- a
- fellow
- Irishman,
- John
- Conway,
- the
- chief
- of
- mission
- on
- a
- cable
- repair
- ship.
- The
- mysterious
- Conway
- is
- a
- skilled
- engineer
- and
- a
- freediver
- capable
- of
- reaching
- extraordinary
- depths.
- He
- is
- also
- in
- love
- with
- a
- South
- African
- actress,
- Zanele,
- who
- must
- leave
- to
- go
- on
- her
- own
- literary
- adventure
- to
- London.When
- the
- ship
- is
- sent
- up
- the
- coast
- to
- repair
- a
- series
- of
- major
- underwater
- breaks,
- both
- men
- learn
- that
- the
- very
- cables
- they
- seek
- to
- fix
- carry
- the
- news
- that
- may
- cause
- their
- lives
- to
- unravel.
- At
- sea,
- they
- are
- forced
- to
- confront
- the
- most
- elemental
- questions
- of
- life,
- love,
- absence,
- belonging,
- and
- the
- perils
- of
- our
- severed
- connections.
- Can
- we,
- in
- our
- fractured
- world,
- reweave
- ourselves
- out
- of
- the
- thin,
- broken
- threads
- of
- our
- pasts?
- Can
- the
- ruptured
- things
- awaken
- us
- from
- our
- despair?Resoundingly
- simple
- and
- turbulent
- at
- the
- same
- time,
- Twist
- is
- a
- meditation
- on
- the
- nature
- of
- narrative
- and
- truth
- from
- one
- of
- the
- great
- storytellers
- of
- our times.
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