Twist [large print] : a novel / Colum McCann.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798217070398
- Physical Description: 352 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Random House Large Print, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | LP MCC (Text) | 37810435831499 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | LP FIC MCCANN, COLUM (Text) | 0112524950736 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Franklinton Branch | LP/F/McCann (Text) | 72350000133857 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | MCC (Text) | 33258009662052 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center | LP FIC MCCANN, COLUM (Text) | 0112524458886 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Moss Memorial Library | LP F MCC (Text) | 80605003754685 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Ocracoke Community Library | MCN 823/.914 (Text) | 38344101800249 | Mcnaughton Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Pasquotank Library Main | F LT MCC (Text) | 39488102034404 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Perry Memorial Library | LP McC (Text) | 33727002543998 | Adult Large Print New Fiction | Available | - |
| Saluda Library | LP F MCC (Text) | 31250200093327 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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