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Saxton Reads! & ReviewsWe invite the public to post reviews to our catalog by logging into our online catalog. Reviews will then be posted to this blog. Comments can be added to existing posts or may be added as separate reviews on our catalog AUGUST 3, 2009
Let the Great World Spin ~ Colum McCann (Free Download)
On Monday, August 3rd, visit Oprah's Book Club site and get a free download of Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin. You'll have to become a member but it's free to join. The download will be available for 48 hours. Of course, you can always borrow it from our library (F McCann), on our new book shelves. McCann's novel has been garnering lots of press since its release. It is August 1974, and a man is walking, dancing, and even leaping across a wire strung high above the ground between the Twin Towers. Imagine the hush of the crowd below as they witness this strange event. McCann's characters draw a portrait of 1970's New York, in all its glory, in all its pain. "I suppose I should tell you that I have a bad case of vertigo. I go all wobbly at the knees once I get to any height. My palms sweat. My stomach flutters. You won't find me at the rim of anything. No ledges. No cliff tops. It's hard enough taking myself to the end of a sentence! In 1974, Phillipe Petit made his way to the top of the World Trade Center towers and strung a tightrope a quarter of a mile in the sky. He blew open the August morning by walking across the wire several times. He kneeled. He laid down. He even at one stage ran across the tin wire. He held beauty at ransom and stepped into history. When you fall you can't fall halfway."
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